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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2015
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Takuma Sudou, Obu, JP;
Jin Kurumisawa, Obu, JP;
Takaomi Kinugawa, Kariya, JP;
Toyohito Nozawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tatsuya Namikiri, Seoul, KR;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A vehicle driving control apparatus is provided for controlling an own vehicle to track a target vehicle. The vehicle driving control apparatus includes: (1) means for acquiring an actual relative speed of the target vehicle to the own vehicle; (2) means for detecting occurrence of an event which causes the actual relative speed to discontinuously change; (3) means for setting a target acceleration of the own vehicle based on the product of a relative speed gain and a tracking relative speed when the own vehicle tracks the target vehicle, the tracking relative speed being normally set to the actual relative speed; and (4) means for correcting, upon detection of occurrence of the event by the detecting means, the tracking relative speed so as to gradually increase the absolute value of the tracking relative speed from a value that is less than the absolute value of the actual relative speed.