Title:
Vehicle speed limiter
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6319192
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A vehicle speed control apparatus (40) comprises an upper-limit determination part (41) to determine an upper-limit speed of a vehicle each time a speed limit of a road on which the vehicle is traveling changes and a vehicle speed control part (47) to control a speed of the vehicle in such a manner as to not exceed the upper-limit speed even if the vehicle's accelerator pedal depression amount would cause the speed of the vehicle to exceed the upper-limit speed, the vehicle speed control part being configured to control, until a predetermined timing, that the speed of the vehicle does not exceed the upper-limit speed, the upper-limit speed being determined before a start of the vehicle's lane change is estimated, if (i) the start of the vehicle's lane change is estimated, and (ii) a reduction in the speed limit is determined, the vehicle speed control part being configured to control, after the predetermined timing, that the speed of the vehicle does not exceed the currently determined upper-limit speed.
Inventors:
Keiji Yamashita
Takashi Inoue
Tetsuya Hira
Yukihito Masuda
Nobuyuki Higashimatsu
Yufu
Takashi Inoue
Tetsuya Hira
Yukihito Masuda
Nobuyuki Higashimatsu
Yufu
Application Number:
JP2015110694A
Publication Date:
May 09, 2018
Filing Date:
May 29, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
International Classes:
B60W30/18; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; B60W10/08; B60W10/10
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2008162553A | ||||
| JP2008265706A | ||||
| JP2008037152A | ||||
| JP2004017895A | ||||
| JP2003535765A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadashige Ito
Tadahiko Ito
Tadahiko Ito
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