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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Tetsuya Asada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Iijima, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Egawa, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Tange, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicular velocity controlling apparatus for an automotive vehicle, a vehicular velocity detector is provided to detect a vehicular velocity of the vehicle, a vehicular velocity controlling section is provided that controls a vehicular driving force of the vehicle to make a detected value of the vehicular velocity substantially equal to a set vehicular velocity previously set, a plurality of switches are provided which includes a first switch (SET/COAST switch) and a second switch (RESUME/ACCELERATE switch), each switch being enabled to be interlocked with a predetermined operation of at least one switching member at a position such as to match with a general vehicular occupant's sense of vehicular manipulation, and a set vehicular velocity modifying section is provided that modifies the set vehicular velocity in such a manner that the detected value of the vehicular velocity is set to the set vehicular velocity when at least one of the following conditions is established, when a time duration of the predetermined operation of the first switch is equal to or longer than a first predetermined time duration and the detected value of the vehicular velocity is lower than the set vehicular velocity and when the time duration of the predetermined operation of the second switch is equal to or longer than a second predetermined time duration and the detected value of the vehicular velocity is higher than the set vehicular velocity.