Patent ID: 8275531
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: B60T,B60W

Abstract:
1. A target turning vehicle speed setting apparatus for setting a target turning vehicle speed based on a corner radius obtained from external information, the apparatus comprising: an input unit that receives external information including a corner radius in front of a vehicle from an outside; and a control unit that sets a target turning vehicle speed based on the corner radius received by the input unit, wherein when the control unit sets the target turning vehicle speed a reference radius is set to a minimum value of values of the corner radius at a plurality of points included in a corner obtained from the external information at any time, the control unit starts an update of the reference radius when the value of the corner radius at the plurality of points included in the corner obtained from the external information at any time decreases, and the control unit finishes the update of the reference radius when the value of the corner radius at the plurality of points included in the corner obtained from the external information at any time increases.