Vehicular traveling control apparatus and method
First Claim
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 substance detecting section;
wherein the vehicular travel controlling section estimates an optical axis deviation quantity of the detection range of the vehicular forward substance detecting section when the impulse detecting section detects that the impulse has been applied to the forward substance detecting section; and
a running control varying section that varies a control method of the vehicular travel controlling section in accordance with the optical axis deviation quantity estimated by the vehicular travel controlling section.
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Abstract
In vehicular traveling control apparatus and method, comprising: a vehicular forward substance detecting section of a laser radar type is provided to detect a forward substance located in a forward direction of the vehicle, a vehicular travel control is performed on the basis of a relative positional relationship between the forward substance detected by the vehicular forward substance detecting section and the vehicle, 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 is detected, and the vehicular traveling control is inhibited when detecting that the impulse has been applied to the vehicular forward substance detecting section.
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1. A vehicular traveling control apparatus, comprising:
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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 substance detecting section; wherein the vehicular travel controlling section estimates an optical axis deviation quantity of the detection range of the vehicular forward substance detecting section when the impulse detecting section detects that the impulse has been applied to the forward substance detecting section; and a running control varying section that varies a control method of the vehicular travel controlling section in accordance with the optical axis deviation quantity estimated by the vehicular travel controlling section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23)
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18. A vehicular traveling control apparatus, comprising:
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vehicular forward substance detecting means for detecting a forward substance located in a forward direction of the vehicle; vehicular travel controlling means for performing a vehicular travel control on the basis of a relative positional relationship between the forward substance detected by the vehicular forward substance detecting means and the vehicle; impulse detecting means for detecting such an impulse that a detection range of the vehicular forward substance detecting means is varied has been applied to the vehicular forward substance detecting means; the vehicular travel controlling means estimating an optical axis deviation quantity of the detection range of the vehicular forward substance detecting means when the impulse detecting means detects that the impulse has been applied to the forward substance detecting means; and running control varying means for varying a control method of the vehicular travel controlling means in accordance with the optical axis deviation quantity estimated by the vehicular travel controlling means. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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19. A vehicular traveling control method performed by a computer, comprising:
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providing a vehicular forward substance detecting section that detects a forward substance located in a forward direction of the vehicle; performing 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; detecting such an impulse that a detection range of the vehicular forward substance detecting section is varied has been applied to the vehicular forward substance detecting section; estimating an optical axis deviation quantity of the detection range of the vehicular forward substance detecting section when detecting that the impulse has been applied to the forward substance detecting section; and varying a control method of the vehicular travel control in accordance with the estimated optical axis deviation quantity. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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20. A vehicular traveling control apparatus, comprising:
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a vehicular forward substance detecting section configured to detect a relative positional relationship between a forward substance located in a forward direction of the vehicle and the vehicle; a collision avoidance determining section configured to determine whether it is possible to avoid a collision of the vehicle against the forward substance on the basis of the relative positional relationship; an automatic braking control section configured to perform an automatic braking control when the collision avoidance determining section determines that the collision cannot be avoided; and a braking control inhibiting section configured to inhibit the automatic braking control section based on a past determination that collision cannot be avoided as determined by the collision avoidance determining section and performance of the automatic braking control.
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21. A vehicular traveling control apparatus, comprising:
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vehicle forward substance detecting means for detecting a relative positional relationship between a forward substance located in a forward direction of the vehicle and the vehicle; collision avoidance determining means for determining whether it is possible to avoid a collision of the vehicle against the forward substance on the basis of the relative positional relationship; automatic braking control means for performing an automatic braking control when the collision avoidance determining means determines that the collision cannot be avoided; and braking control inhibiting means for inhibiting the automatic braking control based on a past determination that the collision cannot be avoided as determined by the collision avoidance determining means and performance of the automatic braking control.
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22. A vehicular traveling control method, comprising:
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detecting a relative positional relationship between a forward substance located in a forward direction of the vehicle and the vehicle; determining whether it is possible to avoid a collision of the vehicle against the forward substance on the basis of the relative positional relationship; performing an automatic braking control when determining that the collision cannot be avoided; and inhibiting the automatic braking control based on a past determination that collision cannot be avoided and performance of the automatic braking control.
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