US 2004/0001019 A1 · Apparatus for controlling vehicle

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling a vehicle is provided which can perform proper vehicle control and can issue a proper warning without causing abrupt behaviors of a vehicle. A plurality of range sensors are installed in an outer peripheral portion of a vehicle for sensing a target object including another vehicle. The controller includes a sensor signal failure/deterioration determining circuit to select, of signals outputted from the plurality of range sensors, a signal from at least one range sensor, which is neither failed nor deteriorated in sensor characteristics, for control using the selected signal with priority. A warning is issued to a driver when the target object, e.g., another vehicle, comes into a preset danger detection area. When the range sensors are installed in front and rear portions of the vehicle., control is carried out using a signal from at least one range sensor with priority, which is positioned on the same side as a steering wheel. When the range sensors are installed on both lateral sides of the vehicle, control is carried out using a signal from at least one range sensor with priority, which has detected a shorter distance from the target object.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for controlling a vehicle comprising a plurality of range sensors installed in an outer peripheral portion of a vehicle for sensing a target object including another vehicle, comprising

a controller for carrying out control using, of signals outputted from said plurality of range sensors, a signal from at least one range sensor with priority, which is neither failed nor deteriorated in sensor characteristics.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for controlling vehicle

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