Driving assistance apparatus for vehicle
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1. A driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a switch selecting a first drive mode that specifies a first output characteristic of a drive source relative to an accelerator operation amount and a second drive mode that specifies a second output characteristic of the drive source relative to the accelerator operation amount, the second output characteristic of the drive source being higher than the first output characteristic for a same accelerator operation amount; and
a controller configured tocalculate a target acceleration for each of the first and second drive modes, for causing a host vehicle to follow a preceding vehicle to maintain a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle at a distance within a predetermined range, the target acceleration for the second drive mode being higher than the target acceleration for the first drive mode,calculate an upper limit acceleration target for each of the first and second drive modes, the upper limit acceleration target for the second drive mode being higher than the upper limit acceleration target for the first drive mode, andcontrol a driving force of the drive source to accelerate the host vehicle at a selected target acceleration, within a corresponding upper limit target acceleration,wherein the upper limit acceleration target corresponding to each of the drive modes is higher when the host vehicle follows the preceding vehicle than when there is no preceding vehicle.
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Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle includes: a switch selecting a drive mode that specifies an output characteristic of a drive source relative to an accelerator operation amount; and a controller configured to calculate a target acceleration, based on the drive mode, for causing a host vehicle to follow a preceding vehicle such that a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle is maintained at a distance within a predetermined range, and control a driving force of the drive source such that the host vehicle accelerates at the target acceleration.
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1. A driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
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a switch selecting a first drive mode that specifies a first output characteristic of a drive source relative to an accelerator operation amount and a second drive mode that specifies a second output characteristic of the drive source relative to the accelerator operation amount, the second output characteristic of the drive source being higher than the first output characteristic for a same accelerator operation amount; and a controller configured to calculate a target acceleration for each of the first and second drive modes, for causing a host vehicle to follow a preceding vehicle to maintain a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle at a distance within a predetermined range, the target acceleration for the second drive mode being higher than the target acceleration for the first drive mode, calculate an upper limit acceleration target for each of the first and second drive modes, the upper limit acceleration target for the second drive mode being higher than the upper limit acceleration target for the first drive mode, and control a driving force of the drive source to accelerate the host vehicle at a selected target acceleration, within a corresponding upper limit target acceleration, wherein the upper limit acceleration target corresponding to each of the drive modes is higher when the host vehicle follows the preceding vehicle than when there is no preceding vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A driving assistance control method, comprising:
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selecting between a first drive mode that specifies a first output characteristic of a drive source relative to an accelerator operation amount and a second drive mode that specifies a second output characteristic of the drive source relative to the accelerator operation amount, the second output characteristic of the drive source being higher than the first output characteristic for a same accelerator operation amount; calculating a target acceleration for each of the first and second drive modes, for causing a host vehicle to follow a preceding vehicle to maintain a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle at a distance within a predetermined range, the target acceleration for the second drive mode being higher than the target acceleration for the first drive mode; calculating an upper limit acceleration target for each of the first and second drive modes, the upper limit acceleration target for the second drive mode being higher than the upper limit acceleration target for the first drive mode; and controlling a driving force of the drive source to accelerate the host vehicle at a selected target acceleration, within a corresponding upper limit acceleration target, wherein the upper limit acceleration target corresponding to each of the drive modes is higher when the host vehicle follows the preceding vehicle than when there is no preceding vehicle.
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