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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A preceding vehicle following control apparatus includes a sensor sensing an actual vehicle speed, a sensor sensing an actual vehicle spacing from a controlled vehicle to a preceding vehicle ahead, and an actuator for regulating a driving/braking force of the controlled vehicle. A controller controls the vehicle speed or the vehicle spacing in a following control mode with the actuator, and starts a deceleration control if an anti-lock brake control is started in the following control mode. The controller cancels the deceleration control when the vehicle spacing becomes greater than a predetermined spacing value.