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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2001
Takeshi Ishizu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Adachi, Yokohama, JP;
Junsuke Ino, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Sudo, Tokyo, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
In automatic vehicular velocity controlling apparatus and method for automotive vehicle having a function to maintain an inter-vehicle distance from the vehicle to a preceding vehicle which is running ahead of the vehicle at a target inter-vehicle distance, a response characteristic of an inter-vehicle related feedback control system is determined in accordance with a relative velocity of the vehicle to the preceding vehicle is corrected in accordance with the inter-vehicle distance, is corrected in accordance with a modification of a set inter-vehicle time duration by a vehicular occupant, and in accordance with an external disturbance value correspond to a road surface gradient of a slope during a vehicular run on the slope, in order to improve the response characteristic for the vehicular occupant not to give an un-match feeling to a driving sense.