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US 8,150,593 B2Granted
Vehicle control apparatus, and vehicle control method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoki Taki
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Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus (1) provided with an automatic cruise apparatus (30) that automatically moves a vehicle, and a pre-crash brake apparatus (40) that automatically applies a brake to the vehicle when an obstacle is detected, includes cruising output value setting means (15) for making a cruising output value, which should be achieved using the automatic cruise apparatus (1), smaller than a regular cruising output value used in normal times, when the obstacle is detected.
Claims11
A vehicle control apparatus, comprising:
- an automatic cruise apparatus that automatically moves a vehicle;
- a pre-crash brake apparatus that automatically applies a brake to the vehicle when an obstacle is detected;
- and
- a cruising output value setting unit that outputs a cruising output value, when the obstacle is detected, that is smaller than a regular cruising output value that is output when the obstacle is not detected.
1 more element
A vehicle control method, comprising:
- controlling an automatic vehicle cruise;
- determining whether there is an obstacle within a predetermined area near a vehicle;
- and
- outputting a cruising output value, when the obstacle is detected, that is smaller than a regular cruising output value that is output when the obstacle is not detected.
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