Patent ID: 7753153

Claim:
An apparatus for an adaptive cruise control of a motor vehicle, comprising: a first device including at least one object-detection arrangement and at least one target-object selection arrangement, wherein the object-detection arrangement detects and measures a kinematic variable of more than two objects, and the at least one target-object selection arrangement selects exactly two of the more than two detected objects, the exactly two objects respectively denoting a target object and a potential future target object; a second device including at least one speed and distance controller; and a data-exchange device that connects the first device and the second device; wherein the data-exchange device transmits the measured kinematic variable of the exactly two selected objects from the first device to the second device at which the kinematic variable of the target object is used to control the at least one speed and distance controller and the kinematic variable of the potential future target object is kept standing by as a substitute for the target object, and wherein the adaptive cruise control includes at least one of a constant-distance control and a constant-speed control.