Adaptive Cruise Control System for Motor Vehicles
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Abstract
Adaptive cruise control (ACC) system for motor vehicles is provided, the ACC system having a sensor system for acquiring data concerning a target object and the own (host) vehicle, an actuator system for controlling the longitudinal movement of the vehicle, and a controller that intervenes in the actuator system within certain intervention limits in order to maintain a defined, controlled target distance from the target object, and an output device for issuing a take-over request to the driver if the controlled target distance cannot be maintained. The ACC system further includes a prediction system for predicting a conflict situation in which the controlled target distance cannot be maintained, in which case the take-over request is initiated before the conflict situation actually occurs.
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17 Claims
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1-6. -6. (canceled)
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7. An adaptive cruise control system for a host motor vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor system for acquiring data regarding a target object and data regarding the host vehicle;
an actuator system for controlling the longitudinal movement of the host vehicle;
a controller for intervening in the operation of the actuator system within at least one predetermined intervention range in order to maintain a predetermined controlled target distance to the target object; and
an output device for issuing a take-over request to a driver of the host vehicle if the predetermined controlled target distance cannot be maintained;
a prediction system for predicting a conflict situation in which the predetermined controlled target distance cannot be maintained, wherein the prediction system initiates the take-over request to be issued by the output device before the conflict situation occurs. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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