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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Willibald Prestl, Eichenau, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G06F 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G06F 1/700 ;
Abstract
A system for distance-dependent control of the driving speed of a motor vehicle including the detection of a traffic lane change or intention to change traffic lane and a signal for estimating the mean speed of vehicles in a target lane. When a turn signal or intention to turn is detected, the control system defines the vehicle speed and/or distance to a vehicle driving ahead in the same lane and sets this defined vehicle speed to be equal to the estimated mean speed of vehicles in an adjacent lane.