VEHICLE TRAVELING CONTROL APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A vehicle traveling control apparatus applied to a vehicle comprising;
- abnormality monitoring means for monitoring whether or not a driver of said vehicle is in an abnormal state where said driver loses an ability to drive said vehicle; and
decelerating means for decelerating said vehicle to automatically stop said vehicle after a conclusive abnormality determination time point which is a time point when said abnormality monitoring means finalizes a determination that said driver is in said abnormal state, wherein,said decelerating means is configured to;
determine whether or not said vehicle is in a deceleration prohibition situation based on at least one set of self-vehicle information on a traveling state of said vehicle, information on a vehicle speed of another vehicle traveling around said vehicle, information on a speed limit of a road on which said vehicle is traveling, information on weather condition around said vehicle, and information on a road surface condition of said road on which said vehicle is traveling; and
prohibit said deceleration of said vehicle when it is determined that said vehicle is in said deceleration prohibition situation.
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Abstract
A vehicle traveling control apparatus comprises abnormality monitoring means for determining whether or not a driver of a vehicle is in an abnormal state where the driver loses an ability to drive the vehicle, and decelerating means for decelerating the vehicle to automatically stop the vehicle after a conclusive abnormality determination time point which is a time point when the abnormality monitoring means finalizes the determination that the driver is in the abnormal state. The decelerating means is configured to prohibit the deceleration of the vehicle when the vehicle is in the deceleration prohibition situation after the conclusive abnormality determination time point.
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12 Claims
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1. A vehicle traveling control apparatus applied to a vehicle comprising;
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abnormality monitoring means for monitoring whether or not a driver of said vehicle is in an abnormal state where said driver loses an ability to drive said vehicle; and decelerating means for decelerating said vehicle to automatically stop said vehicle after a conclusive abnormality determination time point which is a time point when said abnormality monitoring means finalizes a determination that said driver is in said abnormal state, wherein, said decelerating means is configured to; determine whether or not said vehicle is in a deceleration prohibition situation based on at least one set of self-vehicle information on a traveling state of said vehicle, information on a vehicle speed of another vehicle traveling around said vehicle, information on a speed limit of a road on which said vehicle is traveling, information on weather condition around said vehicle, and information on a road surface condition of said road on which said vehicle is traveling; and prohibit said deceleration of said vehicle when it is determined that said vehicle is in said deceleration prohibition situation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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