Vehicle control system
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahiro Kobayashi, Youji Hamaguchi, Takuya Inoue
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Abstract
In the case that a vehicle 1 is making a reverse movement, a control section 4 sets a braking control operation distance according to an angle formed by the vehicle 1's proceeding direction and an extending direction of a road on which an approaching vehicle is traveling. With this, a braking control is implemented at a delayed timing in a scene where the following possibility is high: the driver wishes to end the reverse movement operation as early as possible when a space for allowing the approaching vehicle to pass by is not present at the back of the vehicle 1. Thereby, the cumbersomeness or discomfort which may be felt by the driver with respect to the braking control can be decreased.
Claims11
A vehicle control system for implementing a vehicle control for preventing an own vehicle from having a contact with another vehicle approaching the own vehicle, the vehicle control system comprising:
- an approaching vehicle sensor for sensing:
- whether or not the approaching vehicle is present, and
- a distance between the own vehicle and the approaching vehicle;
- an extending direction sensor for sensing an extending direction of a road on which the approaching vehicle sensed by the approaching vehicle sensor is traveling;
- an own vehicle proceeding direction sensor for sensing a proceeding direction of the own vehicle;
- a reverse movement sensor for sensing that the own vehicle is making a reverse movement;
- a braking section for applying a braking force to the own vehicle in a case that the distance which is sensed by the approaching vehicle sensor and is defined between the own vehicle and the approaching vehicle is less than or equal to a braking control operation distance which is a certain distance;
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- a control section for setting the braking control operation distance according to an angle formed by:
- the proceeding direction sensed by the own vehicle proceeding direction sensor, and
- the extending direction sensed by the extending direction sensor,
- wherein the setting operation is implemented in a case that the reverse movement sensor senses that the own vehicle is making the reverse movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.