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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2007
Nariaki Etori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Egawa, Tama, JP;
Satoshi Tange, Fujisawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle headway distance control apparatus is provided with a first deceleration control system for controlling the deceleration of a vehicle according to a distance between the host vehicle and a preceding obstacle, and a second deceleration control system, which is different from the first deceleration control system and which controls the deceleration of a vehicle according to the same distance. A driver operable selection section is configured to allow a driver to arbitrarily turn 'on' and 'off' each of the first and second deceleration control systems, but prohibit simultaneously operation of both of the first and second deceleration control systems.