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Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus and traveling control system incorporating the apparatus

  • US 6,961,661 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2003
  • Issued: 11/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, comprising:

  • frontal information detecting means for detecting at least solid object information and traveling road information in front of an own vehicle;

    preceding vehicle trace calculating means for calculating a trace of a preceding vehicle from past data of said preceding vehicle;

    first own traveling path calculating means for calculating a first traveling path of said own vehicle based on said traveling road information;

    second own traveling path calculating means for calculating a second traveling path of said own vehicle based on said trace of said preceding vehicle; and

    final own traveling path calculating means for calculating a final traveling path of said own vehicle based on said first traveling path and said second traveling path.

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