Crash-safe vehicle control system
First Claim
1. A crash-safe vehicle control system for controlling an own vehicle, comprising:
- an object-information obtaining device operable to obtain object information on each of at least one preceding object existing in front of the own vehicle, the object information including information relating to a position of each preceding object relative to the own vehicle;
an operating device operable in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with one of said at least one preceding object; and
a crash-safe control device operable to control the operating device on the basis of the object information on said at least one preceding object obtained by the object-information obtaining device,and wherein said crash-safe control device is operable to effect a non-first-preceding-object-information-dependent control of said operating device, on the basis of non-first-preceding-object information obtained by said object-information obtaining device, in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with a first preceding vehicle which is one of said at least one preceding object and which exists immediately in front of the own vehicle, the non-first-preceding-object information relating to at least one non-first preceding object each of which is one of said at least one preceding object and exists in front of the first preceding vehicle,said crash-safe control device being operable to estimate a possibility of crashing between the first preceding vehicle and said at least one non-first preceding object and control the operating device on the basis of the estimated possibility of crashing between the first preceding vehicle and the at least one non-first preceding object.
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Abstract
A crash-safe vehicle control system for controlling operating devices of an own vehicle such as a vehicle decelerating device and an occupant protecting device, on the basis of information on at least one preceding object existing in front of the own vehicle. The vehicle control system is arranged to effect at least one of a non-first-preceding-object-information-dependent control and a width-related-information-dependent control. The non-first-preceding-object-information-dependent control is a control of the operating devices on the basis of non-first-preceding-object information detected by the present system per se, in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with a first preceding vehicle existing immediately in front of the own vehicle. The non-first-preceding-object information relates to at least one non-first preceding object each existing in front of the first preceding vehicle. The width-related-information-dependent control is a control of the operating devices on the basis of at least one of width-related information relating to a width and a widthwise position of each specific object selected from the above-indicated at least one preceding object.
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24 Claims
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1. A crash-safe vehicle control system for controlling an own vehicle, comprising:
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an object-information obtaining device operable to obtain object information on each of at least one preceding object existing in front of the own vehicle, the object information including information relating to a position of each preceding object relative to the own vehicle; an operating device operable in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with one of said at least one preceding object; and a crash-safe control device operable to control the operating device on the basis of the object information on said at least one preceding object obtained by the object-information obtaining device, and wherein said crash-safe control device is operable to effect a non-first-preceding-object-information-dependent control of said operating device, on the basis of non-first-preceding-object information obtained by said object-information obtaining device, in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with a first preceding vehicle which is one of said at least one preceding object and which exists immediately in front of the own vehicle, the non-first-preceding-object information relating to at least one non-first preceding object each of which is one of said at least one preceding object and exists in front of the first preceding vehicle, said crash-safe control device being operable to estimate a possibility of crashing between the first preceding vehicle and said at least one non-first preceding object and control the operating device on the basis of the estimated possibility of crashing between the first preceding vehicle and the at least one non-first preceding object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A crash-safe vehicle control system for controlling an own vehicle, comprising:
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an object-information obtaining device operable to obtain object information on each of at least one preceding object existing in front of the own vehicle, the object information including information relating to a position of each preceding object relative to the own vehicle; an operating device operable in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with one of said at least one preceding object; and a crash-safe control device operable to control the operating device on the basis of the object information on said at least one preceding object obtained by the object-information obtaining device; and wherein said crash-safe control device is operable to effect a non-first-preceding-object-information-dependent control of said operating device, on the basis of non-first-preceding-object information obtained by said object-information obtaining device, in the presence of a high possibility of crashing of the own vehicle with a first preceding vehicle which is one of said at least one preceding object, and which exists immediately in front of the own vehicle, the non-first-preceding-object information relating to at least one non-first preceding object each of which is one of said at least one preceding object and exists in front of the first preceding vehicle, the object-information obtaining device obtaining the information on the first preceding vehicle, as the object information on one of said at least one preceding object, and the crash-safe control device is operable to estimate at least one relationship value indicative of a relationship between the first preceding vehicle and said at least one non-first preceding object, on the basis of the information on the first preceding vehicle and said non-first-preceding-object information on the at least one non-first preceding object, which have been obtained by the object-information obtaining device, said at least one relationship value being selected from a distance between the first preceding vehicle and one of the at least one non-first preceding object, a time up to a moment of arrival of the first preceding vehicle at a present position of said one non-first preceding object, and a time up to a moment of crashing of the fist preceding vehicle with said one non-first preceding object, the crash-safe control device controlling the operating device on the basis of the estimated at least one relationship value. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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