Patent ID: 6889786
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. An automatic brake system of a motor vehicle that has a brake pedal and a steering wheel installed therein, the system comprising: a first section that detects a relative connection between the vehicle and a preceding object ahead of the vehicle, said relative connection being provided based on a relative vehicle interval distance and a relative vehicle speed between the vehicle and the preceding object; a second section that, when actuated, produces a braking force applied to the vehicle, the braking force produced by the second section being isolated from a braking force produced by the brake pedal; a third section that, based on the relative connection detected by the first section, carries out a judgment as to whether or not a possible collision of the vehicle with the preceding object is avoidable by operation of at least one of the steering wheel and the brake pedal; a fourth section that, based on the relative connection detected by the first section, carries out an estimation as to whether or not, after expiration of a predetermined time from the time of detection of the relative connection, a possible collision of the vehicle with the preceding object is avoidable by operation of at least one of the steering wheel and the brake pedal; a fifth section that actuates and controls the second section in accordance with both a result of the judgment made by the third section and a result of the judgment made by the fourth section, thereby to control the braking force applied to the vehicle, wherein the fifth section is configured to carry out: