Patent ID: 8843292
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. An adaptive speed control device for a host vehicle comprising: a speed detecting section configured to detect a current speed of the host vehicle, a current posted speed limit, a new posted speed limit, and a transition point along a host vehicle's expected path corresponding to the new posted speed limit; a notification section configured to automatically select the new posted speed limit as a selected speed and provide a notification of the new posted speed limit during a prescribed notification timing before the host vehicle reaches the transition point; a user input device; and an adaptive speed control section configured to automatically change a speed of the host vehicle from the current speed to the selected speed upon receiving an input from the user input device during a prescribed activation timing before reaching the transition point, the prescribed activation timing occurring simultaneously with the prescribed notification timing authorizing the adaptive speed control section to change the speed of the host vehicle to the selected speed and after delaying changing the speed of the host vehicle to the selected speed until the host vehicle reaches the transition point.