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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Akira Isogai, Anjo, JP;
Masao Oooka, Gamagoori, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Isogai, Anjo, JP;
Masao Oooka, Gamagoori, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60T 8/32 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 2550/143 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a cruise control system installed in a vehicle, a monitoring unit monitors a region predetermined in front of the vehicle when the vehicle is located on a lane of a road. An instruction input unit is configured to allow a driver of the vehicle to input an instruction indicative of driver's recognized information in front of the vehicle. A target determining unit executes determination of a target for adjusting an interval with respect thereto based on a result of the monitor and on the instruction when the instruction is input from the instruction input unit thereto.