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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark P. Friedrich, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 ; G06F 7/00 ; G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 ; G06F 7/00 ; G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
An automatic cruise control system and method for a host vehicle that includes a vehicle follow mode when the host vehicle detects an in-path vehicle and an auto-resume mode for accelerating to a driver set speed upon elimination of the in-path vehicle from the host vehicle path. The auto-resume mode includes a determination of the traffic density around the host vehicle and reduces the rate of acceleration for higher traffic densities.