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Vehicle and method for controlling distance between traveling vehicles

  • US 10,000,212 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2016
  • Issued: 06/19/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle, comprising:

  • a drive unit configured to provide rotational force for vehicle traveling;

    a distance sensor configured to detect one or more objects located in a forward direction of a subject vehicle; and

    a controller configured to determine the presence of a first preceding vehicle and a second preceding vehicle located ahead of the first preceding vehicle, which travel on the same traffic road as a traveling road of the subject vehicle based on the result detected by the distance sensor, and to operate the drive unit to adjust vehicle speed of the subject vehicle to be at a traveling speed detected based on travel information of the first preceding vehicle and the second preceding vehicle,wherein the controller is configured to determine a first object present on the traveling road having at least a predetermined first reference width to be the first preceding vehicle according to the detection result of the distance sensor,wherein the controller is configured to determine a second object present on the traveling road having at least a second reference width acquired by a position of the first preceding vehicle to be the second preceding vehicle, according to the detection result of the distance sensor, andwherein the controller is configured to determine the second object having a width equal to or larger than the second reference width, the width gradually increasing during a predetermined reference time, to be the second preceding vehicle.

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