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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Mikio Ueyama, Ohira, JP;
Inventor:
Mikio Ueyama, Ohira, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
On the basis of headway distance information issued from a headway distance detecting device for detecting a headway distance between a controlled vehicle and a preceding vehicle and terrain shape information issued from a terrain shape estimating device for estimating a terrain shape around the position of the controlled vehicle, a terrain shape at a position spaced from the position of the controlled vehicle by the headway distance is detected, and the speed of the controlled vehicle is controlled according to the terrain shape information.