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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2004
Yoshihiro Urai, Wako, JP;
Makoto Otabe, Wako, JP;
Kenji Kodaka, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a travel safety system for a vehicle: a preceding vehicle Vin a travel direction of a subject vehicle V is detected by a radar device; an overlap amount δ (smaller one of δ(L) and δ(R)), at which the preceding vehicle Voverlaps a predicted course for the subject vehicle V, is calculated; and when time for which the over lap amount δ exceeding a predetermined value exceeds a predetermined period, it is determined that there is a possibility that the subject vehicle V comes into contact with the preceding vehicle V, and a safety system comprising a warning or an automatic braking is actuated. Thus, if it is determined that there is a possibility of contact between the subject vehicle V and the preceding vehicle Vdue to course change of the subject vehicle V or the preceding vehicle, it is possible to prevent the safety system from being unnecessarily actuated to provide a sense of discomfort to a driver.