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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1993
Tetsuro Butsuen, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshihiro Hara, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuki Fujise, Hiroshima, JP;
Takeshi Takagi, Hiroshima, JP;
Satoshi Morioka, Hiroshima, JP;
Satoru Matsuoka, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoyuki Hikida, Hiroshima, JP;
Ayumu Doi, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A contact preventive system for vehicles using an automatic braking device and an automatic steering device together. Contact forecasting mechanism forecasts the contact of a vehicle with an obstacle. When the contact of the obstacle is forecasted, automatic braking control mechanism operates the automatic braking device. Environment detecting mechanism detects the change of environment such as a friction coefficient of a road. Automatic steering control mechanism operates the automatic steering device to alter the advance direction of the vehicle when a possibility of contact is caused by the change of environment during automatic braking. Thus, contact can be avoided.