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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1108248 · 28 Nov 2001
A driving force control device, which controls a driving force by changing a gear ratio of an automatic transmission, comprises: a virtual throttle opening converter (123a) for converting a target driving force into a virtual throttle opening by using a ta...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1108446 · 21 Nov 2001
The footrest force of the footrest function is adjusted by driver's-load estimation means for deciding a footrest force corresponding to individual driver and correspondingly to a load computed by the load estimation means. Moreover, detection means for de...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1110614 · 29 Aug 2001
A vehicular travel control system performs automatic follow-up control for maintaining a following distance matching with drivability which a driver may feel. The system detects size of a leading vehicle and insolation around the own vehicle. An appropriat...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1110606 · 29 Aug 2001
A cruise control system for an automotive vehicle controls a speed of own vehicle estimating conditions not only when the own vehicle passes through the intersection but also when the preceding vehicle passes through the intersection, for permitting travel...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1111858 · 4 Jul 2001
A motor vehicle (1), whose distance from the vehicle in front (2) is controlled, enters an area for making a cornering maneuver (3). A detection range (4) supplied by a detecting device fitted in the vehicle (1) is identified. This detecting device has a d...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1111801 · 4 Jul 2001
This invention relates to a method and system for providing a headway function to an activation switch for an adaptive speed control system for a vehicle. The method includes determining whether the adaptive speed control activation switch has been actuate...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1112077 · 27 Jun 2001
This invention relates to a method and system for continued vehicle control in an adaptive speed control system at a vehicle speed below a minimum operating speed threshold when a sensed target disappears, based on a phantom target generated to compensate ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1112056 · 27 Jun 2001
This invention relates to a method and system for adjusting the following interval of a vehicle equipped with an adaptive speed control system based on the driving surface coefficient of friction. The method includes determining a driving surface coefficie...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1111956 · 27 Jun 2001
This invention relates to a method and system for controlling a maximum allowed vehicle deceleration in an adaptive speed control system based on vehicle speed. The method includes determining a speed of the vehicle, and setting a maximum allowed vehicle d...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1111938 · 27 Jun 2001
This invention relates to a method and system for indicating to an operator of a vehicle a vehicle braking event commanded by an adaptive speed control system (10). The method includes determining the occurrence of a vehicle braking event commanded by the ...