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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Steve Tengler, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Ron Heft, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Steve Tengler, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Ron Heft, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling a speed of a vehicle includes detecting whether a cruise control setting of a first vehicle is active and receiving, at the first vehicle, position information of a second vehicle, the position information of the second vehicle including an elevation of the second vehicle. A value is determined that is representative of a difference in elevation between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the received position information of the second vehicle and an elevation of the first vehicle. A speed setting of the first vehicle is adjusted based on the determined value if the detected cruise control setting of the first vehicle is active.