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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1994
Tomoji Izumi, Hatsukaichi, JP;
Kenji Shimizu, Higashi-Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugamoto, Hatsukaichi, JP;
Kazuyoshi Okuda, Hiroshima-Ken, JP;
Satoru Ando, Higashi-Hiroshima, JP;
Toshihiro Ishihara, Hiroshima-Ken, JP;
Takahiro Inada, Higashi-Hiroshima, JP;
Tsunehisa Okuda, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A traveling control system for a motor vehicle includes a detector for detecting an object which exists in front of the motor vehicle to follow a vehicle traveling ahead. The system further includes a first course determination device for estimating a first course on which the motor vehicle will travel hereafter, an identification device for identifying an first target vehicle among the objects existing on the first course, and a second course estimation device for estimating, based on the first target vehicle, a second course on which the motor vehicle will travel hereafter at least while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course. The identification device identifies a second target vehicle among vehicles which travel on the first or second courses while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course.