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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hermann Winner, Karlsruhe, DE;
Stefan Witte, Minden, DE;
Bernd Lichtenberg, Bietigheim-Biassingen, DE;
Werner Uhler, Bruchsal, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 93 ; 701 96 ; 701301 ; 342455 ; 340903 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus based thereon for automatically controlling the velocity of a vehicle (14) under consideration of preceding vehicles (15, 16, 17) are described. To select a preceding vehicle as the control target, an area of the possible future travel (18) is determined. When the controlled vehicle is about to and/or is beginning to change lanes, the determined area of future travel is expanded (19).