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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Toshimichi Minowa, Mito, JP;
Kozo Nakamura, Hitachiohta, JP;
Hiroshi Takenaga, Tokai-mura, JP;
Yoshinori Endo, Mito, JP;
Hiroto Morizane, Hitachi, JP;
Tokuji Yoshikawa, Hitachi, JP;
Mitsuru Nakamura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Ryoichi Komuro, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method comprising a first traveling mode in which the traveling environment ahead is recognized and at least one of the engine, the speed change gear, and the brake is controlled on the basis of a signal representing the recognition and a second traveling mode in which at least one of the engine, the speed change gear, and the brake is controlled on the basis of a signal generated by operation of the driver, in which the second traveling mode is selected in an area where vehicle following-up control is difficult.