Distance control system between moving vehicles

• Main Authors: SHIRAI, NORIAKI, KARIYA, AICHI, JP, NISHIMURA, TAKAO, KARIYA, AICHI, JP, HIBINO, KATSUHIKO, KARIYA, AICHI, JP
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 10.10.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; LIGHTING; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; REGULATING; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

The equipment includes a unit (4) for controlling the system (2), as installed in a vehicle, the laser distance sensor (6), steering angle sensor (8), speed sensor (10) for the vehicle, a control unit (12) for this speed, display unit (14) automatic drive control (16), brake unit (18) and throttle unit (20), all these units are in the figure given. The system further includes a unit for determining the relative speed of the vehicle and a vehicle in front and their relative position, a unit for measuring the curvature of the road, a unit for deciding on the track of the vehicle or vehicles in front using the data already found, and a unit for selecting one of these vehicles.