Patent ID: 6854548

Claim:
A control system for a vehicle comprising, a nearby object detector which detects nearby objects existing around the vehicle and calculates distance between the vehicle and the nearby objects and relative velocity of the nearby objects; a velocity detector which detects velocity of the vehicle; a velocity controller which controls the velocity of the vehicle; wherein the velocity controller comprises a slow velocity cruising mode which is activated when the vehicle velocity is below a predetermined vehicle velocity value, and a high velocity cruising mode which is activated when the vehicle velocity is above the predetermined vehicle velocity value, and wherein during the slow velocity cruising mode the velocity controller controls a distance between the vehicle and a first object selected among the nearby objects so as to assume a predetermined distance value, and during the high velocity cruising mode the velocity controller controls a distance between the vehicle and a second object among the nearby objects having a ground velocity larger than a predetermined ground velocity value so as to assume a predetermined distance value.