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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Yoichi Sugimoto, Wako, JP;
Shoji Ichikawa, Wako, JP;
Yoshihiro Urai, Wako, JP;
Satoshi Hada, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a radar device S,detects an object existing ahead of a vehicle in the movement direction of the vehicle, a determining device M,determines a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the object from the relative positional relationship between the vehicle and the object, based on the result of such detection. If it is determined there is the possibility of contact, an automatic braking device M,operates a vacuum booster,to carry out an automatic braking operation to avoid the contact of the vehicle with the object. When a braking-will detecting device M,detects a driver's braking will during the automatic braking operation by the automatic braking device M,, an emergency-degree presuming device M,presumes a degree of emergency in the driver's braking will, and the automatic braking device M,generates the braking force corresponding to the degree of emergency to assist in the braking operation of the driver. This enables a smooth switch-over from the avoidance of the contact by the automatic braking operation to the avoidance of the contact by the driver's braking operation, and a high braking force assisted by the automatic braking operation can be generated to effectively avoid the contact.