Patent ID: 7096107

Claim:
A device for the longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle comprising: a sensor device for sensing a location of at least one object in a nearfield of the vehicle; a controller for generating a reference variable used in connection with a motion variable of the vehicle for a regulation of a speed of the vehicle, wherein the regulation is achieved as a function of location data of the sensor device; at least one actuator having an effect on the motion variable as a function of the reference variable; a memory for storing a mathematical model of the actuator, the mathematical model describing a dynamic behavior of the actuator, the mathematical model providing a relationship between an input variable supplied to the actuator and an output variable of the actuator; a compensating element for converting the reference variable, via the mathematical model, into the input variable in such a way that the dynamic behavior of the actuator is compensated for; and wherein the reference variable generated by the controller is given by a time-dependent function, and the controller outputs a functional rule of the function to the compensating element.