Driving control apparatus

Details Driving control apparatus Driving control apparatus

2005-05-24

2008-11-18

Camby, Richard M. (Department: 3661)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Relative location

Collision avoidance

C701S041000, C701S096000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07454291

ABSTRACT:
A driving control apparatus of the present invention has a driving road keeping device for providing a torque to a steering mechanism so as to keep a vehicle traveling at a predetermined position on a driving road, a setting device for setting a need or no need for execution of a control of the driving road keeping device, and a cruise control device for controlling a driving force or speed of the vehicle so as to keep the vehicle in a predetermined driving state. A need or no need for execution of the control of the driving road keeping device is determined based on a setting state of the setting device and a control state of the cruise control device. A display indicating that the control of the driving road keeping device is ready is presented when the control of the driving road keeping device is in an executable state upon a state change of either the setting state of the setting device or the control state of the cruise control device. Therefore, with the display indicating the ready state, a driver can initiate the control of the driving road keeping device by changing the setting state of the setting device or the control state of the cruise control device in accordance with the content of the display.

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