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US 2009/0271084 A1Published application
Cruise control system and cruise control method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji TAGUCHI
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Abstract
A cruise control system includes: a traffic condition acquisition unit that acquires a traffic condition that includes a vehicle density on a road on which a vehicle runs; and a cruise control unit that performs cruise control on the vehicle so that a following distance has a less tendency to decrease as the road gets busier.
Claims17
A cruise control system comprising:
- a traffic condition acquisition unit that acquires a traffic condition that includes a vehicle density on a road on which a vehicle runs;
- and
- a cruise control unit that performs cruise control on the vehicle so that a following distance has a less tendency to decrease as the vehicle density on the road increases toward a critical density.
A cruise control method comprising:
- acquiring a traffic condition that includes a vehicle density on a road on which a vehicle runs;
- and
- performing cruise control on the vehicle so that a following distance has a less tendency to decrease as the vehicle density on the road increases toward a critical density.
A cruise control system comprising:
- a traffic condition acquisition unit that acquires a traffic condition on a road on which a vehicle runs;
- and
- a cruise control unit that performs cruise control on the vehicle so that a following distance has a less tendency to decrease as the road gets busier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.