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Braking control system for vehicle

  • US 6,292,753 B1
  • Filed: 09/17/1999
  • Issued: 09/18/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A braking control system for a vehicle, comprisingan object detecting device for detecting an object existing ahead of the vehicle in the direction of movement of the vehicle, a braking device for braking the vehicle, a determining means for determining the possibility of contact of the vehicle with the object from the relative positional relationship between the vehicle and the object, based on a result of the detecting conducted by said object detecting device, and an automatic braking means for operating said braking device based on the result of the determining conducted by said determining means to carry out an automatic braking operation, wherein said braking control system further includes a braking-intention detecting means for detecting a driver'"'"'s braking intention, so that said automatic braking means assists in the braking operation conducted by the driver, when the driver'"'"'s braking intention is detected by said braking-intention detecting means during the automatic braking operation conducted by said automatic braking means.

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