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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2003
Kenta Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenta Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A preceding-vehicle following control system for a host vehicle is comprised of a road information device () for obtaining road information of a road ahead of the host vehicle, a preceding-vehicle detector () for obtaining preceding-vehicle information of a preceding vehicle ahead of the host vehicle and a controller () connected to the road information device and the preceding vehicle recognizing device. The controller is arranged to determine a road width of the road from the road information, to vary a condition for determining a control characteristic of a control system of a following control for following the preceding vehicle, and to execute the following control on the basis of the condition for determining the control characteristic and the preceding-vehicle information.