Patent ID: 6360158
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B60K,B60W

Abstract:
An intelligent cruise control device installed in a host vehicle and used for performing follow-up cruise control to follow up a moving target located in front of said host vehicle by supplying an operating signal generated by an operating part employed therein in accordance with an operation type including acceleration and deceleration specified by a driver to an auto cruise control device which is used for carrying out auto cruise control to adjust the speed of said host vehicle by carrying out an operation indicated by said operating signal generated by said operating part so that said host vehicle is running at said adjusted speed, said intelligent cruise control device comprising:a storage means for storing information on said operating signal generated by said operating part for each operation type including said acceleration and deceleration; an operation determining means for determining the type of an operation required by said host vehicle to follow up said moving target located in front of said host vehicle from information on the speed of said host vehicle and information on the range between said host vehicle and said moving target; a signal generating means for reading out the information on said operating signal for the type of an operation determined by said operation determining means from said storage means and for generating said operating signal in accordance with said information on said operating signal read out from said storage means; a message notifying means for requesting the driver to specify each operation type including said acceleration and deceleration in a predetermined order by using said operating part; a signal detecting means for sequentially detecting operating signals sequentially generated at said operating part for each operation type including said acceleration and deceleration specified by the driver in said predetermined order as requested by said message notifying means; and a storage control means for controlling storage, in said storage means as said operating signals are detected, of information on each of said operating signals sequentially detected by said signal detecting means as information for said specified operation type as requested by said message notifying means in said predetermined order.