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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald H. Engelman, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Julian Richardson, Redditch, GB;
Philip Alexander Barber, Solihull, GB;
Paul John King, Leicester, GB;
Assignee:
Jaguar Car, Limited, Whitley Coventry, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/104 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a headway control for an adaptive cruise control system based on a basic headway control law derived from feedback linearization techniques. The usefulness of the linear approximations is demonstrated, and basic attributes of data which are believed important to system response are introduced. Certain modifications to a basic headway controller for enabling system performance to better meet driver expectations under real road conditions are made as a result of empirical information.