Traveling control system for motor vehicle
First Claim
1. An obstacle detection system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- detecting means for detecting objects as obstacles which exist in front of the motor vehicle;
first course estimation means for estimating a first course on which the motor vehicle will travel;
identification means for identifying a first target vehicle among the objects on the first course detected by the detecting means; and
second course estimation means for estimating, based on traveling orientations of the first target vehicle, a second course on which the motor vehicle will travel at least while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course;
said identification means identifying a second target vehicle as the obstacle, said second target vehicle being a vehicle currently preceding the motor vehicle among vehicles which travel on one of the first and second courses while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course.
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Abstract
A traveling control system for a motor vehicle includes a detector for detecting an object which exists in front of the motor vehicle to follow a vehicle traveling ahead. The system further includes a first course determination device for estimating a first course on which the motor vehicle will travel hereafter, an identification device for identifying an first target vehicle among the objects existing on the first course, and a second course estimation device for estimating, based on the first target vehicle, a second course on which the motor vehicle will travel hereafter at least while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course. The identification device identifies a second target vehicle among vehicles which travel on the first or second courses while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course.
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20 Claims
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1. An obstacle detection system for a motor vehicle comprising:
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detecting means for detecting objects as obstacles which exist in front of the motor vehicle; first course estimation means for estimating a first course on which the motor vehicle will travel; identification means for identifying a first target vehicle among the objects on the first course detected by the detecting means; and second course estimation means for estimating, based on traveling orientations of the first target vehicle, a second course on which the motor vehicle will travel at least while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course; said identification means identifying a second target vehicle as the obstacle, said second target vehicle being a vehicle currently preceding the motor vehicle among vehicles which travel on one of the first and second courses while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An obstacle detection system for a motor vehicle comprising:
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detecting means for detecting objects as obstacles which exist in front of the motor vehicle; first course estimation means for estimating a first course on which the motor vehicle will travel; identification means for identifying a first target vehicle among the objects on the first course detected by the detecting means; and second course estimation means for estimating, based on traveling orientations of the first target vehicle, a second course on which the motor vehicle will travel at least while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course; said identification means identifying a second target vehicle as the obstacle, said second target vehicle being a vehicle currently preceding the motor vehicle among vehicles which travel on one of the first and second courses while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course; wherein said identification means identifies the second target vehicle among the vehicles on the second course from a time when the first target vehicle leaves the first course to a predetermined time and identifies the second target vehicle among the vehicles on the first course when the first target vehicle does not return back to the first course and the predetermined time has passed, and said second course estimation means estimates the second course based on the second target vehicle identified. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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