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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pamela Irene Labuhn, Shelby Township, Macomb County, MI (US);
William Joseph Chundrlik, Jr., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Scott Anthony Rush, Warren, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; B60T 8/32 ; G05D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; B60T 8/32 ; G05D 1/00 ;
Abstract
A vehicle having an adaptive cruise control system with active deceleration control responds to capture of new in-path vehicles which violate a predetermined inter-vehicle spacing to attenuate unnecessarily aggressive deceleration responses. New in-path vehicles may be identified by inordinate changes in inter-vehicle spacing. Deceleration response of the system to controlled vehicle closing rate and new in-path vehicle deceleration preferably remain unattenuated.