Patent ID: 9333971
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B60W

Claim Text:
1. An adaptive cruise control system for a vehicle using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, the system comprising: a relative distance/speed input receiver configure to receive a relative distance and a relative speed between a recognized preceding vehicle and an own vehicle; a communication receiver configure to receive road surface information from the recognized preceding vehicle; a constant changer configured to compare the received road surface information with road surface information received at a previous time and change a V2V distance constant when the road surface information is changed in accordance with a result of the comparison; a target V2V distance calculator configured to calculate a target V2V distance between the recognized preceding vehicle and the own vehicle based on a summation of a minimum V2V distance and a product of a V2V distance constant; and a target acceleration calculator configured to calculate the target acceleration of the own vehicle by using the received road surface information.