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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a distance-related electronically controlled cruise control system for motor vehicles, in which, during a first regulating operation, a predetermined speed is essentially maintained until a preset minimum distance from a leading target vehicle is reached or undershot, and in which, during a second regulating operation, following the reaching or undershooting of this preset minimum distance, a speed regulation takes place in such fashion that the set minimum distance is maintained by following the target vehicle ahead at a regulated distance, and in the event of detection of a standing object ahead of the target vehicle traveling ahead of the source vehicle during the second regulating operation, after the previously leading target vehicle veers aside thus causing a transition from the second regulating operation back to the first regulating operation, acceleration to the preset speed is prevented if the distance to the standing object is below a first threshold and/or if the actual speed is below a second threshold.