Patent ID: 6460645
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B60K,B60W

Abstract:
A vehicular velocity controlling apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:a vehicular velocity detector to detect a vehicular velocity of the vehicle; a vehicular velocity controlling section that controls a vehicular driving force of the vehicle to make a detected value of the vehicular velocity substantially equal to a set vehicular velocity previously set; a plurality of switches including a first switch and a second switch, each switch being enabled to be interlocked with a predetermined operation of at least one switching member thereof, the first switch being operated in response to the predetermined operation of the switching member at a first position to decrease the vehicular velocity, and the second switch being operated in response to the predetermined operation of the switching member at a second position to increase the vehicular velocity; and a set vehicular velocity modifying section that modifies the set vehicular velocity in such a manner that the detected value of the vehicular velocity is set to the set vehicular velocity when at least one of the following conditions are established: when a time duration of the predetermined operation of the first switch is equal to or longer than a first predetermined time duration &Dgr;T1 and the detected value of the vehicular velocity is lower than the set vehicular velocity, and when the time duration of the predetermined operation of the second switch is equal to or longer than a second predetermined time duration &Dgr;T2 and the detected value of the vehicular velocity is higher than the set vehicular velocity.