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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Kiyotaka Moriizumi, Nisshin, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyotaka Moriizumi, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60T 8/32 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60T 8/321 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle speed control apparatus is configured to determine, based on an automatic brake duration time and a vehicle speed reduction amount, whether to suppress a brake force due to an automatic brake control, the automatic brake duration time being from an automatic brake control starting timing to a current time point, the vehicle speed reduction amount corresponding to a value obtained by subtracting a vehicle speed at the current time point from the vehicle speed at the automatic brake control starting timing.