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Lane-keep control system for vehicle

  • US 6,792,345 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2002
  • Issued: 09/14/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lane-keep control system for a host vehicle, comprising:

  • a control unit configured, to detect an inter-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and an object ahead of the host vehicle, to execute an inter-vehicle distance control for bringing the inter-vehicle distance closer to a target inter-vehicle distance according to a driver'"'"'s demand, to detect a traveling condition of the host vehicle, to determine whether there is a tendency of a lane deviation indicative that the host vehicle is deviating from a traveling lane, according to the traveling condition, to execute a deviation avoidance control for controlling the host vehicle toward a deviation-avoiding direction of avoiding the lane deviation according to the traveling condition when there is the tendency of the lane deviation, to determine that the inter-vehicle distance control is being executed, to advance a start timing of the deviation avoidance control when the inter-vehicle distance control is being executed.

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