Patent ID: 6807475
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: B60K,B60W

Abstract:
A method for controlling a speed of a first motor vehicle and a distance of the first motor vehicle to a least one second motor vehicle driving ahead, comprising the steps of:determining at least the speed of the first motor vehicle and the distance to the second motor vehicle driving ahead in accordance with a detector having a distance sensor; determining an intervention distance having a maximum value that is a predetermined amount less than a range of the distance sensor; and adjusting the speed of the first motor vehicle in response to the distance deviating from a setpoint trailing distance; wherein the speed is adjusted in the adjusting step in accordance with a distance that is less than the intervention distance and wherein the speed is not adjusted in the adjusting step in accordance with a distance in a range that is greater than or equal to the intervention distance and less than the range of the distance sensor.