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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Simon Peter Gilling, Milton Keynes, GB;
Assignee:
Lucas Industries Public Limited Company, Solihull, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180167 ; 180170 ; 364426044 ;
Abstract
An AICC cruise control system which operates in accordance with a driver's headway request given in terms of a desired time interval between the controlled vehicle and the preceding (target) vehicle, wherein, upon slowing of the target vehicle towards zero velocity, the calculated station of the controlled vehicle behind the target is changed from being a pure time-based interval into a time interval which is calculated to include a proportion of a desired residual range at standstill, the proportion being dependent upon the velocity of the controlled vehicle.