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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Toshiaki Arai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tadayoshi Okada, Shioya-gun, JP;
Hisaya Izawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Makoto Matsumoto, Utsunomiya, JP;
Toshiaki Arai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tadayoshi Okada, Shioya-gun, JP;
Hisaya Izawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Makoto Matsumoto, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
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