US 6,138,064 A · Method of automatically controlling traveling of vehicle

Abstract

A running section on a main line 5 and a branching lane 7, leading to platforms 6, including a branching and merging is represented as a moving target control section 11. The running section of the main lane not including the branching and merging sections is represented as a vehicle-to-vehicle distance control section 12. When a vehicle enters the moving target control section 11, the vehicle is detected by a vehicle detector 13 and the position information, course information, etc., are output to an operation control computer. Based on the detected information the operation control computer temporarily shifts the generation interval of the moving target to be matched to an entry of the vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A method for controlling automatic runnings of a plurality of vehicles on a road having main and branching lanes, comprising:

controlling a vehicle running in a MT running section of the road, including a branching point and a merging point, by a moving target method that controls running of a real vehicle on a real road to follow a moving target running on an imaginary road in a computer;
and
controlling the vehicle running in a section of the road, not including the branching point and the merging point by a vehicle-to-vehicle distance control method that measures a distance to a forwardly running vehicle by a distance measuring device mounted on the vehicle and controls the running of the vehicle to maintain the vehicle-to-vehicle distance above a set value.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method of automatically controlling traveling of vehicle

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Method of automatically controlling traveling of vehicle

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