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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Applicant:
Mitsuhisa Shida, Fuji, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuhisa Shida, Fuji, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2012.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); B60K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/163 (2013.01); B60K 31/0008 (2013.01); B60K 31/0058 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a target lead-vehicle designating apparatus, a vehicle tracking ECU compares surrounding vehicle information acquired through an inter-vehicle communication unit and vehicle information on preceding vehicles detected by a radar device to designate a target lead-vehicle. The communicated speed of the other vehicles and the detected speed of the preceding vehicles are compared in terms of velocity component in the travel direction of a host vehicle to identify the target lead-vehicle. Accordingly, the target lead-vehicle may be accurately identified even if the target lead-vehicle is close to other vehicles.