US 6,188,949 B1 · Method and arrangement for controlling the longitudinal velocity of a motor vehicle

Abstract

A method and arrangement for controlling the longitudinal velocity of a motor vehicle is provided with a continuous determination of the vehicle position and controlling of the longitudinal velocity while defining a desired velocity defining value and/or velocity defining limit value as a function of the determined vehicle position. By using corresponding velocity defining devices, velocity data are detected by way of the actual value and/or a set desired value and/or a set limit value of the longitudinal vehicle velocity as a function of the vehicle position. The desired velocity defining value and/or velocity defining limit value is determined from the velocity data detected for the respective vehicle position during one or several preceding drives. The detected velocity data themselves and/or the desired defining value data or defining limit value data are stored in a retrievable manner.

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Dependent claims

A method for controlling a longitudinal velocity of a motor vehicle, wherein a vehicle position is determined and a desired velocity defining value and/or a velocity defining limit value is defined to control the longitudinal vehicle velocity as a function of the determined vehicle position, the method comprising the acts of:

detecting velocity data by way of at least one of an actual value, a set desired value, and a set limit value of the vehicle longitudinal velocity as a function of the determined vehicle position;
determining at least one of a desired velocity defining value and velocity defining limit value from the velocity data detected for the determined vehicle position during one or more preceding drives;
and
storing in a retrievable manner at least one of the detected velocity data, data concerning the desired velocity defining value and data concerning the velocity defining limit value determined from the detected velocity data.

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An arrangement for controlling a longitudinal velocity of a motor vehicle, comprising:

vehicle positioning determining devices to determine a vehicle position;
longitudinal velocity control devices which control the longitudinal velocity of the vehicle according to at least one of a desired velocity defining value and a velocity defining limit value defined as a function of the determined vehicle position;
wherein said longitudinal velocity control devices comprise velocity defining devices which detect velocity data by way of at least one of an actual value, a set desired value, and a set limit value of the longitudinal velocity as a function of the determined vehicle position, said velocity defining devices determining at least one of the desired velocity defining value and the velocity defining limit value from the velocity data detected for a respective vehicle position during one or more preceding drives;
and
further wherein said velocity defining devices contain storage devices which store the detected velocity data itself and/or the desired defining value data or defining limit value data determined from the detected velocity data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and arrangement for controlling the longitudinal velocity of a motor vehicle

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Abstract

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