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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2002
Harald Michi, Oelbronn-Duerrn, DE;
Hermann Winner, Bietigheim, DE;
Michael Weilkes, Sachsenheim, DE;
Werner Uhler, Bruchsal, DE;
Harald Michi, Oelbronn-Duerrn, DE;
Hermann Winner, Bietigheim, DE;
Michael Weilkes, Sachsenheim, DE;
Werner Uhler, Bruchsal, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A cruise control system for motor vehicles is described, having a sensor device for measuring the vehicle's operating parameters and for measuring the distance to an object located in front of the vehicle, and having a controller for controlling the vehicle's speed or acceleration as a function of the measured operating parameters and distance data, the controller having a stop-and-go function for automatically controlling driving off, rolling, and stopping as a function of the movements of the object, and being designed for the purpose of continuously checking the sensor device during the stop-and-go operation for one or multiple predefined conditions which contradict a safe stop-and-go operation, and which, in the presence of such a condition, initiates a procedure for the shutdown of the stop-and-go function.