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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2010
Takeshi Sugano, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Egawa, Tama, JP;
Satoshi Tange, Fujisawa, JP;
Yosuke Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Sugano, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Egawa, Tama, JP;
Satoshi Tange, Fujisawa, JP;
Yosuke Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle headway maintenance assist system is provided that provides a haptic notification to an accelerator to alert the driver under prescribed conditions. The vehicle headway maintenance assist system includes a preceding vehicle detection section, a reaction force generating section, and a control section. The preceding vehicle detection section is configured to detect a headway distance between a host vehicle and a preceding vehicle. The reaction force generating section is configured to generate a reaction force based on the headway distance detected by the preceding vehicle detection section. The control section is configured to control a relationship between a driving force and an accelerator actuation amount by a driver to increase the accelerator actuation amount at a time before the reaction force generating section generates the reaction force.