LEADING VEHICLE SELECTION SYSTEM, DISTANCE CONTROL DEVICE, DISTANCE WARNING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• Main Authors: TERAMURA EIJI, MATSUI TAKESHI, ISOGAI AKIRA, NISHIMURA TAKAO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.07.2007
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make distance control and distance warning for a selected leading vehicle fit to a passenger feeling by enabling earlier start or cancel of selection of the leading vehicle. SOLUTION: Selection as the leading vehicle is canceled, when its predictive lateral position is out o...