Patent ID: 8483928
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B60W,G08G

Abstract:
1. A follow-up run control device controlling a running state of a vehicle in a state where peripheral vehicles running before or behind the vehicle exist, comprising: determination means for determining the peripheral vehicles having an influence on a run control of the vehicle, deviation acquiring means for acquiring information regarding a deviation between a relative positional relation and a target relative positional relation of the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles with respect to preceding vehicles running just before; and follow-up control amount calculating means for calculating a follow-up control amount of the vehicle to control the running state of the vehicle on the basis of the information regarding the deviations of a plurality of vehicles acquired by the deviation acquiring means, wherein when m (where m=2, 3, . . . ) peripheral vehicles exist, the follow-up control amount u of the vehicle calculated by the follow-up control amount calculating means is expressed by the following expression,