Patent ID: 8489305

Claim:
A car-following controller comprising object detection device (Sa) for detecting an object in the direction of travel of a subject vehicle (Va), vehicle speed detection device (Sb) for detecting a vehicle speed of the subject vehicle (Va), control start command device (Sc) for commanding the starting of following control, preceding vehicle determination device (M 1 ) for determining the state of travel, among objects detected by the object detection device (Sa), of a preceding vehicle (Vb) that the subject vehicle (Va) is following, and following control device (M 2 ) for carrying out acceleration/deceleration control and stop hold control of the subject vehicle (Va) based on the vehicle speed of the subject vehicle (Va) and the inter-vehicle distance with respect to the preceding vehicle (Vb) when starting of following control is commanded by the control start command device (Sc), characterized in that the following control device (M 2 ) determines that stop determination conditions for the subject vehicle (Va) are fulfilled if the preceding vehicle determination device (M 1 ) detects stopping of the preceding vehicle (Vb) and, after the stop determination conditions are fulfilled, carries out temporary stop hold control after the subject vehicle (Va) is subjected to deceleration control regardless of whether or not the preceding vehicle (Vb) has started.