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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Gerhard Noecker, Goeppingen, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In a method for regulating the distance between a vehicle and another vehicle traveling ahead, vehicle state variables, vehicle characteristic variables are determined together with the distance from and velocity of at least one other vehicle in the vicinity. The distance from the other vehicle and the vehicle's own velocity are set to permitted limiting values. To increase driving safety, the vehicle's own velocity or the setpoint distance from the other vehicle traveling directly ahead are determined as a function of the vehicle velocity of at least one other vehicle traveling to the side, or of the distance between a plurality of other vehicles traveling to the side.