Device for speed control and distance control in motor vehicles
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Abstract
A device for speed control and distance control in motor vehicles is provided, the device having a location system for locating objects in the near field of the vehicle, a controller and a selecting device for selecting a located object as the target object for the distance control, and the device also having a slow-travel function that is usable only below a limit speed, in which the selecting device classifies a broadened class of objects as possible obstacles. The device for speed control and distance control also includes a detecting device for detecting a sequential traffic operation, in which a preceding vehicle is followed as target object, and a determining device for determining the limit speed as a function of the operating state detected by the detecting device.
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26 Claims
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1-8. -8. (canceled)
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9. A device for performing speed control and distance control for a controlled vehicle, comprising:
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a locating system for locating objects in the vicinity of the vehicle; a selecting device connected to the locating system, wherein the selecting device classifies a plurality of objects as possible obstacles, and wherein the selecting device selects a located object as a target object for the distance control; a detecting device connected to the selecting device and detecting a sequential traffic operation, wherein the sequential traffic operation includes the controlled vehicle following a preceding vehicle as a target object; a controller connected to the selecting device, wherein the controller implements a slow-travel function only below a threshold limit speed; and a determining device for determining the threshold limit speed depending on an operating state of the controlled vehicle detected by the detecting device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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