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Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2005
Applicants:

Toshiaki Arai, Utsunomiya, JP;

Tadayoshi Okada, Shioya-gun, JP;

Hisaya Izawa, Utsunomiya, JP;

Makoto Matsumoto, Utsunomiya, JP;

Inventors:

Toshiaki Arai, Utsunomiya, JP;

Tadayoshi Okada, Shioya-gun, JP;

Hisaya Izawa, Utsunomiya, JP;

Makoto Matsumoto, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In an adaptive cruise control (ACC) region where vehicle speed V is greater than a predetermined third vehicle speed #V, a decrease amount of a target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is less than a predetermined fourth vehicle speed #Vis smaller than a decrease amount of the target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is greater than the predetermined fourth vehicle speed #V. The decrease amount of the target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is less than a predetermined first vehicle speed #Vis larger than a decrease amount of the target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is greater than the predetermined first vehicle speed #Vand less than a predetermined second vehicle speed #V


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