Patent ID: 6285923
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B60K,B60W

Abstract:
A vehicular running control apparatus, comprising:a road map information storing device storing road map information;an own vehicle position detecting device detecting an own vehicle position on a road;a running state detecting device detecting a running state of the own vehicle;a passage deciding device deciding whether or not the own vehicle is passable through a designated road, according to a profile of the designated road in the front of the own vehicle which has been read from said road map information storing device and the running state of the own vehicle detected by said running state detecting device;a vehicle controlling device controlling the running state of the own vehicle according to a result of the decision of said passage deciding device so that the own vehicle passes through the designated road; andan on-route deciding device deciding whether or not the own vehicle is actually running on the designated road,wherein said vehicle controlling device changes control of the own vehicle according to the result of decision of said on-route deciding device.