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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2010
Toshiaki Arai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tadayoshi Okada, Shioya-gun, JP;
Toshiaki Arai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tadayoshi Okada, Shioya-gun, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular travel control device according to the invention includes an inter-vehicle distance measuring section that is mounted on a subject vehicle and measures an inter-vehicle distance between the subject vehicle and a preceding vehicle, a target inter-vehicle distance setting section that sets a target inter-vehicle distance, a following travel control section that performs a travel control so as to make the inter-vehicle distance become equal to the target inter-vehicle distance and stops the subject vehicle while following a stopping of the preceding vehicle, a gradient acquiring section that acquires a gradient of a road being traveled of the subject vehicle, and a vehicle speed sensor that measures a travel speed of the subject vehicle. The target inter-vehicle distance setting section sets the target inter-vehicle distance based on the gradient and the travel speed.