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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshinori Yamamura, Yokohama, JP;
Ikuhiro Taniguchi, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 96 ; 701 70 ; 303193 ; 342 71 ;
Abstract
This device controls a vehicle such that a relative distance between the vehicle and a vehicle in front of it becomes a target distance. When the relative distance becomes shorter than the target distance, the device automatically operates the brake actuator to increase the relative distance, but if the driver operates the accelerator pedal while the brake actuator is operating, this device decreases the target value output to the brake actuator according to the variation rate of a throttle opening.