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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2000
Willibald Prestl, Eichenau, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a distance-related electronic driving speed regulating system for motor vehicles, wherein a predetermined constant speed is maintained during a first regulating mode until a predetermined minimal distance to a preceding vehicle is reached or surpassed. When the predetermined minimal distance is reached or surpassed during a second regulating mode, the speed is regulated in such a way that the predetermined minimal distance is maintained in the form of a distance-regulated follow-on drive. If the gas pedal is actuated during the first or the second regulating mode to accelerate to an increased actual speed exceeding the momentarily predetermined speed, a new speed is predetermined by actuating a set operating element depending on the increased actual speed.