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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1992
Yasuya Kajiwara, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motor car travelling control device which measures the distance between a first car and a second car while tracking the image of the second car. When the second car changes its travelling lane, the control device informs the driver of the first car and causes the first car to maintain its present speed. The motor car travelling control device includes an inter-cars distance detector, of the image tracking type, for measuring the distance between a first car and a second car. The control device also includes a lane change detector, a speed controller and a lane change informer. When the second car changes its travelling lane, the lane changes informer informs the driver of the first car and causes the first car to maintain its present speed.