TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A travel control device having a forward vehicle follow-up traveling function that performs follow-up traveling to the nearest forward vehicle of one or more forward vehicles existing ahead of an own vehicle as a followed vehicle, said control device comprising:
- an intersection stopped vehicle determiner that determines whether or not the forward vehicle is a stopped vehicle that is stopped at an intersection, based on distance information from the own vehicle to each forward vehicle, and distance information to the intersection existing ahead of the own vehicle; and
a vehicle stop position predictor that predicts a stop position of the own vehicle at the intersection based on distance information of the stopped vehicle, when the forward vehicle is determined as the stopped vehicle by the intersection stopped vehicle determiner.
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Abstract
A travel control device 10 includes: an intersection stopped vehicle determining unit 12 that determines whether or not a forward vehicle is a stopped vehicle that is stopped at an intersection, based on distance information from the own vehicle to each forward vehicle acquired by a forward vehicle detection device 1, and distance information to the intersection existing ahead of the own vehicle acquired by a forward intersection distance acquisition device 2; and a vehicle stop position prediction unit 13 that predicts a stop position of the own vehicle at the intersection based on distance information of the stopped vehicle, when the forward vehicle is determined as the stopped vehicle.
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1. A travel control device having a forward vehicle follow-up traveling function that performs follow-up traveling to the nearest forward vehicle of one or more forward vehicles existing ahead of an own vehicle as a followed vehicle, said control device comprising:
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an intersection stopped vehicle determiner that determines whether or not the forward vehicle is a stopped vehicle that is stopped at an intersection, based on distance information from the own vehicle to each forward vehicle, and distance information to the intersection existing ahead of the own vehicle; and a vehicle stop position predictor that predicts a stop position of the own vehicle at the intersection based on distance information of the stopped vehicle, when the forward vehicle is determined as the stopped vehicle by the intersection stopped vehicle determiner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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