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Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, And Relative Location > Vehicle Control, Guidance, Operation, Or Indication > Indication Or Control Of Braking, Acceleration, Or Deceleration > Vehicle Speed Control (e.g., Cruise Control) > Having Inter-vehicle Distance Or Speed Control Having Inter-vehicle Distance Or Speed ControlHaving Inter-vehicle Distance Or Speed Control patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/23/06 - 20060265115 - Apparatus and method for following a preceding vehicle An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle to follow a preceding vehicle. A stop-holding device maintains a stopped state automatically when the vehicle is stopped, and the stop-holding device is in an enabled state or a disabled state. A control state for following the preceding vehicle is changed, at ... 11/02/06 - 20060247839 - Method and arrangement for controlling air resistance A method for regulating during driving the air resistance to a leading and at least one following vehicle, whereby the distance of the leading vehicle from the following vehicle is detected and the magnitude of a wake formed behind the leading vehicle is regulated according to the detected distance in ... 10/19/06 - 20060235598 - Vehicle drive assist device Follow-up steering control is executed in a vehicle speed region where vehicle speed V0 is less than V1, and for a vehicle speed region to the higher speed side, a target yaw rate γt for the vehicle is calculated depending on the current positions of a preceding vehicle and the ... 10/19/06 - 20060235597 - Driving support method and device A navigation device provides support for a driver of a vehicle in merging from one road onto another road (main road). The navigation device receives traffic information including at least positions and speeds of other vehicles traveling the main road. The navigation device then detects at least positions of inter-vehicle ... 10/12/06 - 20060229793 - Vehicular travel control system In a vehicular travel control system, when tracking control for a preceding vehicle is being carried out, if a driver intention detector detects a driver's intention to decelerate, a travel path width detector of an external conditions detector detects a decrease in the width of a subject vehicle travel path, ... 10/05/06 - 20060224295 - Vehicle and method for speed control based on position information of other vehicles An apparatus and method for controlling a speed of a vehicle includes detecting whether a cruise control setting of a first vehicle is active and receiving, at the first vehicle, position information of a second vehicle, the position information of the second vehicle including an elevation of the second vehicle. ... 07/27/06 - 20060167611 - Vehicle control apparatus An ECU executes a program including a step of outputting a downshift command to an automatic transmission on conditions that a following distance control is being executed, that an acceleration pedal opening degree is detected, and that the detected acceleration pedal opening degree is greater than an opening degree threshold ... 07/20/06 - 20060161331 - Drive control system for automotive vehicle In a drive control system, a front image taken by a camera is processed by an image processor, and an electronic control unit generates control target values according to outputs from the image processor. Actuators control a driving speed and/or a lateral position of an own vehicle in a driving ... 07/06/06 - 20060149455 - Vehicle driving support apparatus In automatic following control in a travel control unit of a driving support apparatus, a prerequisite inter-vehicle distance to a front vehicle is set, a time to reaching this requisite inter-vehicle distance is set as a control target time, an estimated position of the front vehicle after the control target ... 06/01/06 - 20060116807 - Driving operation assisting system, method and vehicle incorporating the system A driving assisting system for assisting a driver in operating a vehicle. The system includes a detection assembly configured to obtain environment information related to an environment around the vehicle. A risk potential calculation device is provided to calculate risk potential associated with the vehicle based on the environment information. ... 05/25/06 - 20060111831 - Vehicle driving support apparatus In an automatic follow-up control, a traveling control unit calculates and sets target intervehicular time on the basis of own vehicle velocity and calculates target acceleration on the basis of an intervehicular distance between an own vehicle and a preceding vehicle, preceding vehicle velocity, the own vehicle velocity, and the ... 05/18/06 - 20060106522 - Centralized control and management system for automobiles In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is employed in the system to help a user control and manage the ... 05/11/06 - 20060100769 - Cruise control apparatus for vehicle In an adaptive cruise control (ACC) region where vehicle speed V is greater than a predetermined third vehicle speed #V3, a decrease amount of a target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is less than a predetermined fourth vehicle ... 05/04/06 - 20060095195 - Vehicle operation control device A vehicle operation control device utilizes a plurality of sensors and receivers to develop an absolute rule set and a relative rule set that take into account the capabilities of the vehicle, the condition of the roadway, the preferences of the operator and the operation of surrounding vehicles. The vehicle ... 05/04/06 - 20060095194 - Driving control apparatus A driving control apparatus comprising: an detecting device that detects objects; a preceding vehicle determining device that determines a preceding vehicle; a driving control device that executes a driving control; a control start intention detection device that detects an intention of a driver to start the control; and a control ... 05/04/06 - 20060095193 - Vehicle operation support apparatus A vehicle operation support apparatus includes a vehicle operation plan determination section to determine a vehicle operation plan including a future time series of a selection of a planned target vehicle and a future time series of a selection of a planned target lane position over a prediction horizon of ... 05/04/06 - 20060095192 - Device for adaptive distance and speed control with jerk limitation A device for adaptive distance and speed control in motor vehicles, comprising a sensor device for measuring the distance and relative speed of a target object located in front of the vehicle; a regulating device, which has a distance control function to regulate to a specific distance to the target ... 03/23/06 - 20060064225 - Vehicle deceleration control apparatus A deceleration control apparatus for controlling a deceleration value of a vehicle, including a plurality of deceleration-value setting devices, a target-deceleration-value control portion operable to change a target deceleration value of the vehicle according to an operation of each of the deceleration-value setting devices, and a brake control portion operable ... 02/02/06 - 20060025918 - Inter-vehicle distance control apparatus A disclosed inter-vehicle distance control apparatus for controlling an inter-vehicle distance between a present vehicle equipped with this apparatus and a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the present vehicle changes a target deceleration of the present vehicle and/or a deceleration gradient of the present vehicle, with which the deceleration reaches ... 01/19/06 - 20060015242 - Inter-vehicle communication system and method An inter-vehicle communication control system, inter-vehicle communication control method, an on-vehicle communication system and a communication state display, usable in an inter-vehicle communication control system, and on-vehicle communication and communication state display methods that enable on-vehicle communication devices to perform inter-vehicle communication, to reduce or prevent collision or intervention with ... 01/19/06 - 20060015241 - Preceding vehicle following cruise control system A preceding vehicle following cruise control is configured to shift automatically from a low speed following cruise control mode to a high speed following cruise control mode when a vehicle speed changes from a low speed region to a high speed region while a vehicle speed setting is set. Alternatively, ... 11/17/05 - 20050256630 - Lane change assist system A lane change assist system is comprised of a host vehicle state detecting device that detects a host vehicle traveling condition, a surrounding vehicle detecting device that detects other vehicle located around the host vehicle, a lane detecting device that detects a lane around the host vehicle, and a processing ... 10/27/05 - 20050240335 - System for influencing the speed of a motor vehicle System for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle, with an electronic control unit (ECU) which is connected to a signal transmitter generating a signal characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a signal transmitter generating a signal ... 09/29/05 - 20050216172 - System for influencing the speed of a motor vehicle System for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own lane, with an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a ... 09/29/05 - 20050216171 - System for recognising the lane-change manoeuver of a motor vehicle System for evaluating the traffic environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own traffic lane, comprising an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal transmitter that produces a signal characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a ... 09/29/05 - 20050216170 - System for influencing the spread of a motor vehicle System for evaluating the traffic environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own traffic lane, comprising an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal transmitter that produces a signal characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a ... 09/29/05 - 20050216169 - Driving control apparatus A driving control apparatus of a vehicle includes a follow-up control unit that controls a follow-up control on a preceding vehicle, wherein the follow-up control unit, when an operation by the driver requesting the follow-up control is detected while the vehicle is traveling at a speed equal to or higher ... 09/29/05 - 20050216168 - Follow running control system A follow running control system of the present invention includes a running control device for performing running control of the present vehicle based on data of the preceding vehicle and a signal from the driving operation detecting device. If advancing of the preceding vehicle is detected by a preceding vehicle ... 09/22/05 - 20050209766 - Automatic lateral acceleration limiting and non threat target rejection The present invention provides a system and method for enabling a vehicle having adaptive cruise control to reduce its speed in a turn according to the vehicle's position within the turn as well as ignoring objects detected during the turn that are not in the vehicle's path. The method of ... 09/22/05 - 20050209765 - Method and device for transmitting measurement data via a can bus in an object detection system for motor vehicles An apparatus and a method for transmitting measurement data between an object-detection device and an evaluation device are provided, the evaluation device sending to the object-detection device one or more data packets with the object identifiers relevant for the evaluation device, the object-detection device inserting the current measurement data of ... 09/15/05 - 20050203693 - Running control system A running control system of the present invention includes a follow-up intention detection device for detecting an operation of requesting a follow-running control by the driver, and a running control device for aborting the follow-running control with respect to the preceding vehicle based on a signal from the braking operation ... 08/25/05 - 20050187698 - Apparatus for controlling distance between vehicles An apparatus for controlling the distance between vehicles enables the distance to be controlled smoothly. A target vehicle speed determining section sets target vehicle speed based on the distance deviation between actual inter-vehicular distance and target inter-vehicular distance between host vehicle and preceding vehicle, and on the traveling speed of ... 08/25/05 - 20050187697 - Follow running control system A follow running control system includes a running control section for performing running control of the present vehicle based on data of the preceding vehicle and a signal from a device for detecting a driving operation performed by a driver of the present vehicle. If a driving operation by the ... 08/18/05 - 20050182551 - Vehicle driving control structure A vehicle driving control device is configured to improve response to driver braking operation and shorten the free running distance by applying a preliminary braking force to a braking device when a preceding vehicle can no longer be recognized during preceding vehicle following control. ... 08/04/05 - 20050171676 - Vehicle deceleration control device A novel vehicle deceleration control device for ensuring a proper distance between a vehicle and a preceding vehicle, etc., equipped on a vehicle, automatically decelerates the vehicle by controlling braking force based on a target deceleration, calculated based on a relative distance and a relative speed between the vehicle and ... 08/04/05 - 20050171675 - Vehicle control system When a deceleration intention detector detects that an occupant has apprehension about a condition ahead of his own vehicle and attempts to decelerate the own vehicle, a detection area setter enlarges a detection area in which a control object is detected, upon a command from a control object determinator. Therefore, ... 07/21/05 - 20050159876 - Vehicle driving control device A vehicle driving control device is configured to improve response to driver braking operation and shorten the free running distance. The vehicle driving control device processes an image showing an area ahead of the host vehicle to recognize a preceding vehicle in the host vehicle lane, and then determines whether ... 07/07/05 - 20050149247 - Headway control system An arrangement is provided that lets a following control unit 10 to start a control to follow a preceding vehicle on condition that a characteristic value, which is produced in a host vehicle when a driver starts moving the host vehicle, is detected in congested traffic. Acceleration or a vehicle ... 06/30/05 - 20050143896 - Vehicle integration control system and program A vehicle integration control system includes a manager controller and a driving system controller. The manager controller sets a target generation driving force guide value for a driving force outputted from a driving system of a vehicle. The driving system controller controls the driving force on the basis of the ... 06/30/05 - 20050143895 - Active drive assist system When a preceding vehicle in a driving lane is adequately caught insight, a target vehicle speed is calculated by a calculated value based on an adequate vehicle-to-vehicle distance to the preceding vehicle, and it is checked whether or not a gradient for determining whether the road on which the vehicle ... 06/23/05 - 20050137775 - Vehicle driving support apparatus In an automatic follow-up control executed by a traveling control unit, an intervehicle time is calculated by dividing an intervehicle distance by an own vehicle speed. When a preceding vehicle exists in the state that the automatic follow-up control is canceled and a state that the intervehicle time is set ... 06/23/05 - 20050137774 - Single vision sensor object detection system A sensing system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes a single vision sensor (14) that has a position on the vehicle (12). The single vision sensor (14) detects an object (40) and generates an object detection signal. A controller (16) is coupled to the vision sensor (14) and generates a ... 06/16/05 - 20050131615 - Distance measuring device for control A distance measuring device in a vehicle is used for controlling a device located outside the vehicle. The controller causes a control signal to be emitted, the control signal being emitted by distance sensors located on the vehicle. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125137 - Deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle In a deceleration control method for a vehicle, by which deceleration control of the vehicle is performed based on a distance between the vehicle had an obstacle including a preceding vehicle ahead of the vehicle, a target deceleration at which the vehicle is to be decelerated is obtained based on ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |