Patent ID: 8170769
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: B60K,B60W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle speed control system, comprising: a road shape recognition unit which recognizes a road shape; a target speed setting unit which sets a target speed of a host vehicle according to the road shape; a speed control unit which controls a speed of the host vehicle according to the target speed; a parameter detecting unit which detects at least one of parameters representing the driver's steering rotation, a yaw rate of the host vehicle, and a lateral acceleration rate of the host vehicle; and a first acceleration determining unit which, after the speed control unit has decelerated the host vehicle, determines whether or not to accelerate the host vehicle according to reference parameters based on the road shape and the speed of the host vehicle and parameters detected by the parameter detecting unit, wherein, when the first acceleration determining unit has determined to accelerate the host vehicle, the target speed setting unit sets a target speed of the host vehicle according to a predetermined acceleration.