Drive control system for automotive vehicle

Details Drive control system for automotive vehicle Drive control system for automotive vehicle

1994-06-30

1997-10-21

Boehler, Anne Marie

Motor vehicles

With means for controlling operation responsive to...

Radiation, force, or waves reflected from external object or...

180170, 36442604, B60R 2100, B60K 3100

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056786506

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle drive control system performs a speed control, in which the vehicle is controlled to travel at a desired cruising speed, and a distance control, in which the vehicle is controlled to keep a safe distance from a vehicle ahead of the vehicle with the drive control. The system is equipped with a feature in which a speed of the preceding vehicle is estimated when a range finder, which monitors a distance from the preceding vehicle, loses sight of the preceding vehicle during the distance control so as to establish a target cruising speed which the subject vehicle ought to attain according to the estimated speed of the preceding vehicle.

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