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Vehicular traveling control apparatus and method

  • US 20040236491A1
  • Filed: 04/16/2004
  • Published: 11/25/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicular traveling control apparatus, comprising:

  • a vehicular forward substance detecting section that detects a forward substance located in a forward direction of the vehicle;

    a vehicular travel controlling section that performs a vehicular travel control on the basis of a relative positional relationship between the forward substance detected by the vehicular forward substance detecting section and the vehicle;

    an impulse detecting section that detects such an impulse that a detection range of the vehicular forward substance detecting section is varied has been applied to the vehicular forward detecting section; and

    a traveling control inhibiting section that inhibits the vehicular traveling control by means of the vehicular travel controlling section when the impulse detecting section detects that the impulse has been applied to the vehicular forward substance detecting section.

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