Cruise control system for determining object as target for cruise control
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1. A cruise control system installed in a system vehicle, the cruise control system comprising:
- a monitoring unit monitoring a predetermined region in front of the system vehicle when the system vehicle is located on a lane of a road to detect a position and a speed of at least one object;
an instruction input unit allowing a driver of the system vehicle to input an instruction indicating that a stopped vehicle or a cutting vehicle is present in front of the system vehicle; and
a target determining unit executing a determination of a target for adjusting an interval of the system vehicle with respect to the target,wherein the target determining unit has a first condition and a second condition, the first condition representing that the at least one object has a same-lane probability higher than a preset value, the second condition representing that the at least one object is determined to approach toward the system vehicle based on a shift amount of lateral position of the at least one object,the target detecting unit being configured to;
determine, based on the position and speed of the at least one object, whether the at least one object meets the first condition to determine whether the at least one object is a forward vehicle as the target; and
when the instruction is input to the instruction input unit by the driver, add the second condition to the first condition to thereby determine, based on the position and speed of the at least one object, whether the at least one object meets one of the first condition and the second condition to determine whether the at least one object is, as the target, one of the forward vehicle and a cutting vehicle cutting into the same lane as the system vehicle.
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Abstract
In a cruise control system installed in a vehicle, a monitoring unit monitors a region predetermined in front of the vehicle when the vehicle is located on a lane of a road. An instruction input unit is configured to allow a driver of the vehicle to input an instruction indicative of driver'"'"'s recognized information in front of the vehicle. A target determining unit executes determination of a target for adjusting an interval with respect thereto based on a result of the monitor and on the instruction when the instruction is input from the instruction input unit thereto.
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1. A cruise control system installed in a system vehicle, the cruise control system comprising:
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a monitoring unit monitoring a predetermined region in front of the system vehicle when the system vehicle is located on a lane of a road to detect a position and a speed of at least one object; an instruction input unit allowing a driver of the system vehicle to input an instruction indicating that a stopped vehicle or a cutting vehicle is present in front of the system vehicle; and a target determining unit executing a determination of a target for adjusting an interval of the system vehicle with respect to the target, wherein the target determining unit has a first condition and a second condition, the first condition representing that the at least one object has a same-lane probability higher than a preset value, the second condition representing that the at least one object is determined to approach toward the system vehicle based on a shift amount of lateral position of the at least one object, the target detecting unit being configured to; determine, based on the position and speed of the at least one object, whether the at least one object meets the first condition to determine whether the at least one object is a forward vehicle as the target; and when the instruction is input to the instruction input unit by the driver, add the second condition to the first condition to thereby determine, based on the position and speed of the at least one object, whether the at least one object meets one of the first condition and the second condition to determine whether the at least one object is, as the target, one of the forward vehicle and a cutting vehicle cutting into the same lane as the system vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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