Patent ID: 7440835
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: B60K,B60W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle cruise control system comprising: a vehicle speed detecting section configured and arranged to detect a speed of a host vehicle; a cruise control section configured to execute a first prescribed cruise control such that the host vehicle travels in a constant-speed state at a cruising speed setting for a first prescribed speed region when the vehicle speed detecting section detects the host vehicle is traveling at a speed in the first prescribed speed region; and a cruising speed setting section configured to set the cruising speed setting for the first prescribed speed region while the vehicle speed detecting section detects the host vehicle is traveling at a speed in a vehicle speed region other than the first prescribed speed region such that the cruising speed setting for the first prescribed speed region is set in advance of the speed of the host vehicle being detected as entering the first prescribed speed region.