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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Applicants:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Kaushik Raghu, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignees:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2012.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 2550/302 (2013.01); B60W 2550/308 (2013.01); B60W 2750/302 (2013.01); B60W 2750/308 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adaptive cruise control that adjusts the speed of the controlled vehicle based on one or more vehicles ahead of the controlled vehicle. The adaptive cruise control illustratively includes a forward vehicles sensor that monitors not only the lead vehicle directly ahead of the controlled vehicle, but also one or more forward vehicles. The data from the forward vehicles sensor can be used to adjust the controlled vehicle speed.