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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Kazumasa Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Moteki, Tokyo, JP;
Harutada Ooya, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Murakami, Kyoto, JP;
Masaya Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiko Takiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kuno, Kariya, JP;
Hisashi Ezure, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuaki Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Ohira, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Ohtani, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Mashimo, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Inobe, Kadoma, JP;
Kazutaka Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system-enabled vehicle entering a crossing warns a driver of the vehicle that a possibility of bumping exists, thereby allowing the driver to brake and stop the vehicle in an emergency in front of the crossing. When the system determines a possibility of bumping with another vehicle entering the crossing exists, the system continuously provides controls for decelerating and stopping the vehicle in a range from a point where the system can decelerate the vehicle in an emergency with time allowance for stopping the vehicle in front of the crossing up to a point in front of the crossing.