Patent ID: 6665603
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B60K,B60T,B62D

Abstract:
A vehicle traveling control system of a host vehicle comprising:a following controller executing a following control for controlling an inter-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and a following object ahead of the host vehicle; and a lane-keeping controller coupled with the following controller, the lane-keeping controller executing a steering control for steering the host vehicle so as to locate the host vehicle within a lane traveled by the host vehicle; wherein a control condition of one of the following control and the steering control is changed according to the control condition of the other of the following control and the steering control; and wherein the following controller outputs a speed alarm when a deceleration control of the following control is unable to maintain a target inter-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and a preceding vehicle ahead of the host vehicle, and the lane-keeping controller outputs a lane-keeping alarm when there is a tendency to increase a rate of change of a displacement of the host vehicle relative to the lane.