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VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS

  • US 20180118208A1
  • Filed: 09/27/2017
  • Published: 05/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle travel control apparatus comprising:

  • a braking and driving force control section which controls driving and braking forces of an own vehicle such that travel speed of said own vehicle coincides with a set speed set by a driver of said own vehicle;

    an operation section configured to allow said driver of said own vehicle to change the state of said operation section between an OFF state in which said operation section is not operated and an ON state in which said operation section is operated;

    a speed limit acquisition section which acquires a speed limit of a road on which said own vehicle travels;

    an acceptance process execution section which executes an acceptance process for rendering said set speed coincident with said speed limit, upon completion of a predetermined acceptance operation including an OFF to ON operation of changing the state of said operation section from said OFF state to said ON state;

    a display section which can provide a set speed display representing said set speed at a first position which can be viewed by said driver and can provide a speed limit display representing said speed limit at a second position which can be viewed by said driver; and

    a display control section which causes said display section so as to provide said set speed display and said speed limit display, whereinsaid acceptance process execution section executes said acceptance process upon completion of said acceptance operation in the case where a predetermined specific condition is satisfied at a point in time when said OFF to ON operation is performed;

    said display section provides an additional display at a third position which is located between said first position and said second position and which can be viewed by said driver, said additional display representing that said acceptance operation can be performed; and

    said display control section causes said display section to start said additional display when said operation section is in said OFF state and said specific condition is satisfied if the state of said operation section is changed to said ON state.

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