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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hermann Winner, Karlsruhe, DE;
Jens Lueder, Kornwestheim, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/100 ; G01C 2/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/100 ; G01C 2/200 ;
Abstract
In a method of controlling the speed of a vehicle, at least one vehicle traveling ahead in the same lane within a radar detection range is detected using a radar sensor and in which the transverse acceleration in the vehicle to be controlled is detected. Acceleration or a change in acceleration is limited in the vehicle to be controlled if, in addition to or instead of a transverse acceleration, it is evaluated that the vehicle to be controlled has reached the limit of the radar detection range and/or the vehicle traveling ahead has left the radar detection range when no change of lanes takes place.