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US 7,623,956 B2Granted
Method and a device for stabilization control of a vehicle traffic volume
AssigneeJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
InventorJunichiro Kawaguchi
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AssigneeJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
InventorJunichiro Kawaguchi
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The present invention provides a method and a device, which is in one hand implemented as a man-machine system in which the operations are shared such that a driver takes in charge of an inter-vehicle distance and speed control, while on the other hand a quantity of controls for stabilizing the inter-vehicle distance sequence is calculated automatically and additionally incorporated by the addition in respective vehicles. The stabilization of the inter-vehicle distance can be realized by employing the distributed control method in which a set of acceleration and deceleration information from a vehicle traveling ahead is appropriately integrated and transmitted in relay to a following vehicle. This enables the stabilization of the inter-vehicle distance sequence without requiring the inter-vehicle distance measurement in itself and the easy installation of equipment, and realizes a method in which safety is ensured by allowing the driver to still take charge of a local control.
A stabilization control method of a vehicle traffic volume in a group of subject vehicles, comprising:
A device for controlling an acceleration or deceleration of a subject vehicle in a semi-automatic manner by using a set of acceleration or deceleration information in a group of vehicles traveling ahead of said subject vehicle in order to provide a stabilization control of a vehicle traffic volume, said device comprising:
A stabilization control system of a vehicle traffic volume in a group of subject vehicles, comprising:
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