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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190346 | Data generating system A system and method for a host vehicle for generating distance between a host vehicle and a target object traveling in the predicted path of the host vehicle, and velocity data as to the velocity of the target object. When a target object is detected, distance data ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190347 | Method and apparatus for controlling anteroposterior acceleration of a vehicle A control apparatus controlling anteroposterior acceleration of a vehicle by controlling a motive power generation apparatus mounted on the vehicle, which is also provided with a staged transmission apparatus that operates on gear ratios. The motive power generation... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8170770 | Adaptive cruise control braking with deceleration monitoring In one embodiment, a vehicle speed control device includes an electronic control unit (ECU). A forward vehicle sensor, electrically communicating with the ECU, generates a forward vehicle signal as a function of whether a forward vehicle is detected. The forward veh... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165775 | System and method for controlling running of a vehicle A vehicle driving control system and method which enables the vehicle can travel through each curve at the optimum speed on an ordinary road and also on a highway. The controller and method uses a car navigation system to detect road classification about the road ah... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165776 | Drive assist system A drive assist system includes an assist starting part starting assist, a detection part detecting relative distances and speeds between a vehicles, a calculation part calculating collision risks when changing a lane by the basis of the relative distances and speeds... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155856 | Vehicle running control system In a vehicle running control system, when an estimated collision time taken until a subject vehicle collides with a target object is shorter than a set threshold value, the target object is regarded as a preceding vehicle, and the subject vehicle is caused to follow... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150593 | Vehicle control apparatus, and vehicle control method A vehicle control apparatus (1) provided with an automatic cruise apparatus (30) that automatically moves a vehicle, and a pre-crash brake apparatus (40) that automatically applies a brake to the vehicle when an obstacle is detected, includes cr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150594 | Driving support device, driving support method, and driving support program A target vehicle speed at a predetermined position ahead of a host vehicle is obtained, and a plurality of deceleration patterns with different deceleration schemes is obtained for decelerating the host vehicle to the target vehicle speed. Based on a driving operati... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8131444 | Method for recognizing a turn maneuver and driver assistance system for motor vehicles A method for a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle includes the following steps: on the basis of a digital map of a navigation system, verifying whether there is a turn option, and, if there is a turn option, analyzing the dynamic data, measured by a locatin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121772 | Headway distance maintenance supporting device and method A headway distance maintenance supporting system may include a running controller for performing constant headway distance control, a deceleration controller for performing deceleration support control, a transitional state detector for detecting transitional states... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112215 | Cruise control and active fuel management (AFM) interaction A method and controller for operating cruise control in a vehicle having an engine with active fuel management (AFM) is provided. Adaptive scaler values can be determined based on a cylinder deactivation signal and calibrated scaler values. Cruise control commands c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108119 | Apparatus and method for object detection and tracking and roadway awareness using stereo cameras The present invention provides a collision avoidance apparatus and method employing stereo vision applications for adaptive vehicular control. The stereo vision applications are comprised of a road detection function and a vehicle detection and tracking function. Th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103424 | Inter-vehicle distance control apparatus and method for controlling inter-vehicle distance An inter-vehicle distance control apparatus is provided to provide comfortable acceleration feeling to a driver of a vehicle in various situations. The inter-vehicle distance control apparatus is configured to perform an acceleration control operation when a correct... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8078383 | Speed control system for vehicles In a vehicle speed control system, a preset offset distance is taken as a zero value of an inter-vehicle distance in a brake discriminant. When the current value of a corrected distance condition evaluation index is higher than the brake discriminant, a value on the... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078382 | Cruise and vehicle-following control system including double brakes The vehicle is kept at a standstill even when an operation for ending adaptive cruise control is performed while the adaptive cruise control is on and the vehicle stop-maintenance control is on. When a vehicle comes to a stop while the adaptive cruise control is on,... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068968 | Vehicle travel control system A vehicle travel control system includes a cruise control ECU, an engine control ECU and a brake control ECU. The cruise control ECU checks whether a driver's actual concentration degree is insufficient relative to a required concentration degree in terms of safety ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060289 | Vehicle driving assist system A vehicle driving assist system is provided that calculates the risk potential of the host vehicle with respect to a preceding object existing in front of a host vehicle. A first driving assistance control system controls at least one of an actuation reaction force ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055428 | Vehicle peripheral monitoring apparatus A vehicle peripheral monitoring apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a forward monitoring unit for monitoring an obstacle within a predetermined forward area extending in a direction forward of an own vehicle; one or more forward-lateral monitoring units f... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055429 | Parking support control apparatus and parking support control system An initial value θ0 of a vehicle deflection angle θ and an initial value L0 of a distance L are set, a normalized coefficient R is determined from the ratio of the vehicle deflection angle θ or the distance L to the initial value θ0 or the i... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041494 | Dangerous drive predicting apparatus A dangerous drive predicting apparatus is provided which is capable of rapidly recognizing a future situation of the own vehicle by other vehicles. The dangerous drive predicting apparatus is equipped with: drive information detecting section 110 for detectin... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036804 | Method for controlling speed and/or distance in motor vehicles The invention relates to a method for controlling speed and/or distance in motor vehicles having distance-related longitudinal control systems, wherein during clear driving, a clear drive acceleration value is set to reach a preset speed, and while following a detec... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036803 | Adaptive cruise control system for motor vehicles Adaptive cruise control (ACC) system for motor vehicles is provided, the ACC system having a sensor system for acquiring data concerning a target object and the own (host) vehicle, an actuator system for controlling the longitudinal movement of the vehicle, and a co... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024102 | Method and device for notifying the driver of a motor vehicle A device and a method for notifying the driver of a motor vehicle, equipped with an adaptive distance and speed controller, by activating a takeover prompt, informing the driver that the vehicle is coming critically close to a target object. The takeover prompt is a... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014928 | Automotive slipstreaming support system Systems and methods are provided to enhance the ability of a driver to safely slipstream a leading vehicle to realize a fuel economy benefit. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010274 | Vehicle driving support apparatus with target position arrival determination 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 o... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000874 | Vehicle headway maintenance assist system and method A vehicle headway maintenance assist system is configured to perform a haptic notification control of an accelerator to prompt the driver to release the accelerator when the accelerator is being operated and to perform a deceleration control of the vehicle based on ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987038 | Cruise control A cruise control for a vehicle that detects an inter-vehicle distance to a preceding vehicle. A first vehicle speed instruction value is computed based on the inter-vehicle distance. Curve information of a curve in the road ahead of the vehicle is detected, and a se... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7966118 | Automatic time headway setting for adaptive cruise control system An adaptive cruise control system automatically sets a desired headway value upon system initiation. If a preceding vehicle is not detected the desired headway is established at a predetermined value. If a preceding vehicle is detected the control compares the actua... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966119 | Vehicle headway maintenance assist system and method A vehicle headway maintenance assist system is provided that provides a haptic notification to an accelerator to alert the driver under prescribed conditions. The vehicle headway maintenance assist system includes a preceding vehicle detection section, a reaction fo... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7945369 | Adaptive cruise control system An adaptive cruise control system and a method for controlling the velocity of a host motor vehicle. An object detecting device is capable of simultaneously detecting several target objects. A separate control order is generated for each detected target object for i... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933709 | Method for controlling speed and/or distance in motor vehicles The invention relates to a method for controlling speed and/or distance in motor vehicles having distance-related longitudinal control systems, wherein during clear driving, a clear drive acceleration value is set to reach a preset speed, and while following a detec... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925416 | 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 vehicl... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925415 | Vehicle drive assist system In automatic steering control, when both a traveling lane and a preceding vehicle are detected, a target position on a first vehicle traveling path based on traveling lane information and a target position on a second vehicle traveling path based on preceding vehicl... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925414 | Method and device for influencing the longitudinal velocity of a motor vehicle A method and device for influencing the longitudinal velocity of a motor vehicle, in which a setpoint minimum distance and/or a setpoint maximum velocity is presettable by the driver, the driver being able to influence the vehicle velocity via the accelerator pedal ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7904228 | Distance related cruise control system and method A distance-related cruise control system and method for a motor vehicle performs a speed control to a predefined desired speed during free travel of the motor vehicle and performs a distance regulation to a predefined distance to the vehicle traveling ahead during f... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7885751 | Vehicle integrated control apparatus integrally executing vehicle driving support control, driving force control, and braking force control A driving support target braking/driving force is calculated by a driving support electronic controller, and transmitted to a first arbiter of a driving force control electronic controller. A vehicle driver requested target braking/driving force and the driving supp... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877187 | 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 navigatio... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7844384 | Vehicular traveling control apparatus and method In vehicular traveling control apparatus and method, comprising: a vehicular forward substance detecting section of a laser radar type is provided to detect a forward substance located in a forward direction of the vehicle, a vehicular travel control is performed on... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840331 | Travel support system and travel support method The invention is a travel support system using notified non-equipped vehicle information, and including an equipped-vehicle detecting unit detecting a presence and a position of an vehicle equipped with a communication module for communicating with another vehicle, ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840330 | System for influencing the speed 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 (ECU), which is connected to a signal transmitter that produces a signal characteristic... | 11/23/2010 |
