Patent ID: 6169478
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: B60K,B60T,B60W,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
A system for controlling a vehicle having a brake which brakes wheels of the vehicle, comprising: first obstacle detecting means for detecting an obstacle present ahead on a course of travel of the vehicle; brake control means for operating the brake based on an output of the first obstacle detecting means when a distance from the vehicle to the obstacle is less than a first predetermined value; second obstacle detecting means, different from the first obstacle detecting means in position detection accuracy, for detecting the obstacle present ahead on the course of travel of the vehicle; and inoperativeness determining means for determining whether the first obstacle detecting means is inoperative; wherein: the brake control means operates the brake based solely on an output of the second obstacle detecting means when the distance is less than a second predetermined value which is less than the first predetermined value, when the inoperativeness determining means determines that the first obstacle detecting means is inoperative.