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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pamela Irene Labuhn, Shelby Township, Macomb County, MI (US);
William Joseph Chundrlik, Jr., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Edward Harold Schmidt, late of Shelby Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/16 ;
Abstract
An adaptive cruise control system that provides a smooth following by limiting the headway to keep it lower than a predetermined maximum. The present invention accomplishes this objective through systematically limiting the headway. In particular, the present invention reduces a time related speed multiplier used in calculating the desired headway, to maintain a headway that is less than an effective maximum sensor range for the adaptive cruise control system.