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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fumihiko Okai, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroshi Kuroda, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/393 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/393 ;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes an obstruction detection unit for measuring a headway distance until an existing ahead of the vehicle by means of a radar device, a unit for performing vehicle control or alarm control on the basis of the headway distance, a unit for detecting detection performance of the obstruction detection means in a vehicle in which the obstruction detection unit is used to perform two or more controls containing the vehicle control or alarm control, and a unit for controlling to stop operation of the vehicle control or alarm control in accordance with the detection performance individually.