US 10,894,541 B2 · Vehicle speed limiter system

Abstract

A vehicle speed limiter system installed on a vehicle includes a detection unit to detect a speed limit value of a road while the vehicle is traveling; a setting unit to set the speed limit value; a limiter unit to limit the vehicle speed, based on the speed limit value; an obtainment unit to obtain a stepping amount on an accelerator pedal; a calculation unit to calculate a parameter depending on the stepping amount in a state where the vehicle speed is being limited by the limiter unit; and a display unit to display information based on the parameter, in a case where a speed limit value newly detected by the detection unit is greater than the speed limit value previously set by the setting unit, before the setting unit sets the speed limit value newly detected.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a speed limit of a road on which a vehicle is traveling;
a limiter unit configured to limit a speed of the vehicle, based on the speed limit detected by the detection unit;
a vehicle speed calculation unit configured to calculate a current vehicle speed of a preceding vehicle ahead of the vehicle;
and
an indication unit configured to indicate, to a driver of the vehicle in a case where the speed limit of the road is changed from a first speed limit value to a second speed limit value different from the first speed limit value, information regarding whether there is a likelihood that the vehicle collides with the preceding vehicle, based on a current vehicle speed of the vehicle, a stepping amount on an accelerator pedal, the speed limit detected by the detection unit, and the current vehicle speed of the preceding vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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