Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Indication or control of braking – acceleration – or deceleration
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Nguyen, John (Department: 3665)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Indication or control of braking, acceleration, or deceleration
C701S301000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08000874
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle headway maintenance assist system is configured to perform a haptic notification control of an accelerator to prompt the driver to release the accelerator when the accelerator is being operated and to perform a deceleration control of the vehicle based on headway distance when the accelerator is being operated as long as the headway distance from a preceding vehicle is less than a prescribed headway distance threshold.
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Egawa Kenichi
Kobayashi Yosuke
Tange Satoshi
Broadhead Brian J
Global IP Counselors, LLP
Nguyen John
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
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