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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Yoji Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Tange, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An adaptive cruise control (ATCC) system for a host-vehicle controls one of a driving force and a brake hydraulic pressure according to a command vehicle speed calculated on the basis of an inter-vehicle distance and a host-vehicle speed. The ATCC system gradually decreases a deceleration of the host-vehicle according to an approach of the host-vehicle speed toward a control-cancel vehicle speed when the host-vehicle speed becomes lower than or equal to a gradual-deceleration starting vehicle speed during a period of decreasing the host-vehicle speed toward the control-cancel vehicle speed, so that the deceleration takes a value near zero when the host-vehicle speed reaches the control-cancel vehicle speed.