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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2008
Kiichiro Sawamoto, Kuki, JP;
Kiichiro Sawamoto, Kuki, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle travel control apparatus including an object detector, a yaw-rate detector, a vehicle speed detector, a movement path estimator, a preceding vehicle assignment device, a travel controller, a still object determination device, and a stable-movement-state determination device, wherein the preceding vehicle assignment device avoids assigning the object as the preceding vehicle, or assigns the object as the preceding vehicle after waiting for a predetermined time, when: the present vehicle performs the follow-travel control targeting the preceding vehicle; the object detected at a position between the preceding vehicle and the present vehicle is determined to be the still object by the still object determination device; and the present vehicle is determined to be in the stable-movement-state by the stable-movement-state determination device.