Speed regulator with distance regulating function
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Abstract
A speed controller for motor vehicles is provided, the vehicle having a distance regulating function, a locating system for detecting locating data for objects that are in front of the vehicle, and an evaluation device for determining whether a located object needs to be treated as a relevant target object in the vehicle'"'"'s lane. The speed controller includes a monitoring module that is designed to detect, by reference to the locating data, a situation in which objects not detected by the locating system are within close range and, in this situation, issue a takeover prompt to the driver.
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1-10. -10. (canceled).
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11. A speed controller for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a locating system for detecting locating data for an object that is in front of the vehicle;
an evaluation device for determining whether a detected object needs to be treated as a relevant target object in the vehicle'"'"'s traffic lane; and
a monitoring module configured to detect, with the aid of the locating data, a situation in which a danger exists that an object not detected by the locating system is within a predetermined range, wherein, in this situation, the monitoring module triggers a takeover prompt to a driver of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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