US 2020/0130687 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CRUISE CONTROL

Abstract

Improved control of cruise control for a vehicle, in particular an automated activation of cruise control. For this purpose, the speed of the vehicle is monitored. If the speed of the vehicle and/or a distance between the vehicle and a further vehicle in front of the vehicle is within a predetermined range for a specific period of time it is indicated to a user that cruise control can be activated. Accordingly, cruise control can be automatically activated after providing the indication to the user, or a user may respond to this indication by providing a specific activity such as a release of the acceleration pedal.

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Dependent claims

A method for controlling a cruise control of a vehicle, the method comprising the following steps:

outputting a signaling when a speed of the vehicle and/or a distance between the vehicle and a further vehicle in front of the vehicle is within a predetermined range for a first period of time;
and
activating cruise control of the vehicle after the signaling has been output.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/593,329Filed 4 Oct 2019

Priority

EP 18203813.331 Oct 2018

Published

30 Apr 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

B60W 30/143
Adaptive cruise control: speed control
B60W 30/16
Adaptive cruise control: control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle
B60W 30/162
Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle: speed limiting therefor
B60W 50/10
Interaction between the driver and the control system: interpretation of driver requests or demands

Method and apparatus for controlling cruise control

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Method and apparatus for controlling cruise control

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Abstract

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