Vehicle speed control system and program
First Claim
1. A vehicle speed control system comprising:
- position detecting means for detecting a position of a vehicle;
map information storing means for storing map information containing node information;
pass target node detecting means for detecting one or more pass target nodes over which the vehicle is going to pass, on the basis of the position of the vehicle and the map information;
stable running speed calculating means for calculating a stable running speed at which the vehicle runs safely when the vehicle passes over each of the pass target nodes;
vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a current speed of the vehicle;
decelerating means for decelerating the vehicle;
control means for controlling the decelerating means;
deceleration calculating means for calculating, on the basis of the position of the vehicle, the pass target nodes, the stable running speed at each of the pass target nodes and the current speed of the vehicle, a deceleration at which the vehicle is decelerated by the control means so that the speed of the vehicle is reduced from the current speed to the stable running speed at the pass target node; and
deceleration target point setting means for selecting a node providing a highest deceleration from the pass target nodes on the basis of the deceleration calculated by the deceleration calculating means, setting a maximum deceleration node to a primary deceleration target point when first deceleration control is carried out after the selection of the maximum deceleration node, selecting from the pass target nodes a deceleration end node which is far away from the maximum deceleration node and at which variation of the stable running speed is inverted from reduction to increase, and setting the deceleration end node to a secondary deceleration target point when second deceleration control is carried out after the selection of the maximum deceleration node.
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Abstract
In a vehicle speed control system, each node existing ahead of a vehicle is detected, and a stable running speed at which the vehicle runs stably when the vehicle passes over each node, and a deceleration needed to accelerate/decelerate the vehicle so that the vehicle speed becomes the stable running speed at each node by the time when the vehicle arrives at the node are successively calculated. On the basis of the deceleration at each node, a point at which the maximum deceleration value is achieved is selected, and the vehicle is subjected to deceleration control so that the vehicle speed becomes the stable running speed at the point. When a point at which the curve degree is maximum is different from a point at which the deceleration value is maximum and also the point is located ahead of the vehicle, further necessary deceleration control is carried out.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle speed control system comprising:
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position detecting means for detecting a position of a vehicle;
map information storing means for storing map information containing node information;
pass target node detecting means for detecting one or more pass target nodes over which the vehicle is going to pass, on the basis of the position of the vehicle and the map information;
stable running speed calculating means for calculating a stable running speed at which the vehicle runs safely when the vehicle passes over each of the pass target nodes;
vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a current speed of the vehicle;
decelerating means for decelerating the vehicle;
control means for controlling the decelerating means;
deceleration calculating means for calculating, on the basis of the position of the vehicle, the pass target nodes, the stable running speed at each of the pass target nodes and the current speed of the vehicle, a deceleration at which the vehicle is decelerated by the control means so that the speed of the vehicle is reduced from the current speed to the stable running speed at the pass target node; and
deceleration target point setting means for selecting a node providing a highest deceleration from the pass target nodes on the basis of the deceleration calculated by the deceleration calculating means, setting a maximum deceleration node to a primary deceleration target point when first deceleration control is carried out after the selection of the maximum deceleration node, selecting from the pass target nodes a deceleration end node which is far away from the maximum deceleration node and at which variation of the stable running speed is inverted from reduction to increase, and setting the deceleration end node to a secondary deceleration target point when second deceleration control is carried out after the selection of the maximum deceleration node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle comprising:
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position detecting means for detecting a position of a vehicle;
map information storing means for storing map information containing node information and segment information;
pass target node detecting means for detecting, on the basis of the position of the vehicle and the map information, one or more pass target nodes over which the vehicle is going to pass;
reference node angle calculating means for calculating a reference node angle corresponding to an intersecting angle between a preceding segment extension line segment and a reference segment on the basis of the map information when a preceding segment is defined as a segment which has as an end point a reference node out of the pass target nodes detected by the pass target node detecting means and exists at a preceding side to the reference node, the preceding segment extension line segment is defined as a segment achieved by extending the preceding segment in the direction to the opposite side with respect to the reference node, and the reference segment is defined as a segment located at an opposite side to the preceding segment with respect to the reference node;
reference node angle calculating means for correcting, the reference node angle in the reference node, on the basis of a length of the preceding-segment and a length of the reference segment on the basis of the map information;
distance calculating means for calculating, on the basis of the map information, an inter-point distance between one of both the end points of the reference segment which is different from the reference node and one of both the end points of the reference segment which is different from the reference node when the reference segment is rotated toward the preceding-segment extension line segment around the reference node by a corrected reference node angle corrected by the reference node angle correcting means; and
stable running speed calculating means for calculating a stable running speed at which the vehicle runs safely when the vehicle passes over the reference node, on the basis of the corrected reference node angle corrected by the reference node angle correcting means and the inter-point distance calculated by the distance calculating means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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