Patent ID: 11964651
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A traveling control apparatus to be applied to a vehicle, the traveling control apparatus comprising:
a steering angle detector configured to detect a steering angle absolute value of a steering wheel of the vehicle;
a vehicle speed detector configured to detect a speed of the vehicle; and
a cruise control unit configured to cause the vehicle to travel at a constant speed that is based on a preset vehicle speed or cause the vehicle to travel and follow a preceding vehicle, wherein
the cruise control unit includes:
a turning region determining unit configured to determine whether the vehicle falls within a turning region on a basis of the steering angle absolute value and the speed of the vehicle,
a steering angle speed detector configured to calculate a steering angle speed, on a basis of the steering angle absolute value detected by the steering angle detector, in a case where the turning region determining unit determines that the vehicle falls within the turning region,
a steering angle correction value setting unit configured to set a steering angle correction value, on a basis of the speed of the vehicle detected by the vehicle speed detector and the steering angle speed calculated by the steering angle speed detector, in a case where the turning region determining unit determines that the vehicle falls within the turning region, and
a target acceleration rate setting unit configured to set a target acceleration rate of a cruise control, on a basis of a steering angle and the speed of the vehicle detected by the vehicle speed detector, the steering angle being set on a basis of an addition of the steering angle correction value set by the steering angle correction value setting unit to the steering angle absolute value detected by the steering angle detector.