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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2002
Kenichi Egawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
In adaptive cruise control apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a velocity of the vehicle is detected, an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle which is a controlled system of a following run control is detected, a driving force of the vehicle is controlled to maintain the inter-vehicle distance at a target inter-vehicle distance when the inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and the other vehicle is detected and to maintain the velocity of the vehicle at a set vehicle speed when no other vehicle is detected on the same traffic lane in the forward direction of the vehicle, and an acceleration value at an initial stage of an acceleration is set in such a manner as to be larger than that at a later stage of acceleration when the other vehicle detection state is transferred from the detection state to a non-detection state.