Crash-safe vehicle control system
First Claim
1. A crash-safe vehicle control system for controlling an own vehicle, comprising:
- an object-information obtaining device operable to obtain object information on each of at least one preceding object existing in front of the own vehicle, the object information including information relating to a position of each preceding object relative to the own vehicle;
an operating device operable in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with one of said at least one preceding object; and
a crash-safe control device operable to control the operating device on the basis of the object information on said at least one preceding object obtained by the object-information obtaining device, and wherein said crash-safe control device is operable to effect at least one of;
(a) a non-first-preceding-object-information-dependent control of said operating device, on the basis of non-first-preceding-object information obtained by said object-information obtaining device, in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with a first preceding vehicle which is one of said at least one preceding object and which exists immediately in front of the own vehicle, the non-first-preceding-object information relating to at least one non-first preceding object each of which is one of said at least one preceding object and exists in front of the first preceding vehicle, and (b) a width-related-information-dependent control of said operating device on the basis of width-related information relating to at least one of a width and a widthwise position of at least one specific object selected from said at least one preceding object.
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Abstract
A crash-safe vehicle control system for controlling operating devices of an own vehicle such as a vehicle decelerating device and an occupant protecting device, on the basis of information on at least one preceding object existing in front of the own vehicle. The vehicle control system is arranged to effect at least one of a non-first-preceding-object-information-dependent control and a width-related-information-dependent control. The non-first-preceding-object-information-dependent control is a control of the operating devices on the basis of non-first-preceding-object information detected by the present system per se, in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with a first preceding vehicle existing immediately in front of the own vehicle. The non-first-preceding-object information relates to at least one non-first preceding object each existing in front of the first preceding vehicle. The width-related-information-dependent control is a control of the operating devices on the basis of at least one of width-related information relating to a width and a widthwise position of each specific object selected from the above-indicated at least one preceding object.
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1. A crash-safe vehicle control system for controlling an own vehicle, comprising:
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an object-information obtaining device operable to obtain object information on each of at least one preceding object existing in front of the own vehicle, the object information including information relating to a position of each preceding object relative to the own vehicle;
an operating device operable in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with one of said at least one preceding object; and
a crash-safe control device operable to control the operating device on the basis of the object information on said at least one preceding object obtained by the object-information obtaining device, and wherein said crash-safe control device is operable to effect at least one of;
(a) a non-first-preceding-object-information-dependent control of said operating device, on the basis of non-first-preceding-object information obtained by said object-information obtaining device, in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with a first preceding vehicle which is one of said at least one preceding object and which exists immediately in front of the own vehicle, the non-first-preceding-object information relating to at least one non-first preceding object each of which is one of said at least one preceding object and exists in front of the first preceding vehicle, and (b) a width-related-information-dependent control of said operating device on the basis of width-related information relating to at least one of a width and a widthwise position of at least one specific object selected from said at least one preceding object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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