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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Yoshinori Yamamura, Yokohama, JP;
Yoji Seto, Yokohama, JP;
Masahide Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle travel controlling apparatus and method in which a target vehicle speed for when a vehicle travels along a curve is calculated based on a radius of the curve, and the vehicle speed is controlled based on the calculated target vehicle speed. When an accelerator operation performed by a driver is detected, the controller corrects the target vehicle speed based on a vehicle position where the acceleration operation is performed.