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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2004
Seiki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Tamura, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Yamamura, Yokohama, JP;
Yoji Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahide Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Tamura, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Yamamura, Yokohama, JP;
Yoji Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahide Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
An automatic brake system for a vehicle is disclosed. Based on a possibility that a potential collision with an obstacle preceding the vehicle can avoided by braking, and a possibility that the potential collision can be avoided by steering, the system automatically controls a braking operation for collision-avoidance. A condition of starting the automatic braking operation and a characteristics of the operation are determined based on calculation or estimation of a condition of the path where the vehicle is traveling, such as a relative speed, widths of spaces on sides of the obstacle, and steering characteristics.