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US6076034A
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Vehicle driving controller
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1998-07-06
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Granted: 2000-06-13
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Expires: 2018-07-06
Abstract
Abstract A vehicle driving controller for reducing a feeling of incompatibility of a driver is disclosed. Such a vehicle driving controller has a first detecting section for detecting a drive environment of a vehicle, a second detecting section for detecting a throttle opening of the vehicle, a driving control signal calculating section for outputting a driving control signal through calculations based on an output signal relating to the drive environment of the vehicle from the first detecting section in response to an output signal of the second detecting section relating to the throttle opening of the vehicle, and a driving control section for controlling driving of the vehicle on the basis of the driving control signal outputted from the driving control signal calculating section.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshihiro Satoh
- 👤 Hiroshi Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 19:01
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K31/00; B60K31/0058; B60W; B60W2540/00; B60W2540/10; B60W2540/30; B60W2552/00; B60W2552/20; B60W2552/30; B60W2556/00; B60W2556/45; B60W2556/50; B60W2710/00; B60W2710/06; B60W2710/0605; B60W40/00; B60W40/08; B60W40/09
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A vehicle driving controller comprising: a first detecting section detecting a drive environment of a vehicle; a second detecting section detecting a throttle opening of said vehicle; a driving control signal calculating section outputting a driving control signal through a calculation based on an output signal of said first detecting section relating to said drive environment of said vehicle in response to an output signal of said second detecting section relating to said throttle opening of said vehicle; and a driving control section controlling driving of said vehicle on the basis of said driving control signal outputted from said driving control signal calculating section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
A vehicle driving controller comprising: a first detecting section detecting a drive environment of a vehicle; a second detecting section detecting a throttle opening of said vehicle; a driving control signal calculating section outputting a driving control signal through a calculation based on an output signal of said first detecting section relating to said drive environment of said vehicle in response to an output signal of said second detecting section relating to said throttle opening of said vehicle; and a driving control section controlling driving of said vehicle on the basis of said driving control signal outputted from said driving control signal calculating section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
109 words
A vehicle driving controller according to claim 1, wherein said first detecting section has a curved road detecting section detecting information about a forward curved road in a driving course of said vehicle; said driving control signal calculating section outputs said driving control signal controlling an increase in deceleration of said vehicle when said curved road detecting section detects said curved road and said second detecting section detects a full closed state of said throttle opening of said vehicle; and said driving control section controls said vehicle so as to increase deceleration of said vehicle by receiving said driving control signal controlling said increase in deceleration of said vehicle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
106 words
A vehicle driving controller according to claim 1, wherein said first detecting section has a curved road detecting section detecting information about a forward curved road on a driving course of said vehicle; and, when said curved road detecting section detects said curved road and said second detecting section detects an intermediate closed state of said throttle opening of said vehicle, said driving control signal calculating section judges presence or absence of a decelerating intention of a driver of said vehicle with reference to a learning value which has been stored in order to judge said presence or absence of said decelerating intention of said driver.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
98 words
A vehicle driving controller according to claim 3, wherein said learning value includes a previous starting position of deceleration of said vehicle and an previous advancing speed of said vehicle into a curved road; said driving control signal calculating section outputs a driving control signal controlling an increase in deceleration of said vehicle when said driving control signal calculating section judges that said driver has said decelerating intention; and said driving control section controls said vehicle so as to increase deceleration of said vehicle by receiving said driving control signal controlling said increase in deceleration of said vehicle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
107 words
A vehicle driving controller according to claim 1, wherein said first detecting section has a curved road detecting section detecting information about a forward curved road in a driving course of said vehicle; and, when said curved road detecting section newly detects the next curved road after a detection of a termination of a detected curved road and when said driving control signal calculating section judges that a distance between said vehicle and said next curved road is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance, said driving control signal calculating section outputs a driving control signal stopping control of an increase in deceleration of said vehicle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
155 words
A vehicle driving controller according to claim 1, wherein said first detecting section has a curved road detecting section detecting information about a forward curved road in a driving course of said vehicle; and, when said curved road detecting section newly detects the next curved road after a detection of a termination of a detected curved road and when said driving control signal calculating section judges that a distance between said vehicle and said next curved road is smaller than a first distance and is equal to or greater than a second distance a value of which is smaller than that of said first distance, said driving control signal calculating section judges presence or absence of acceleration or deceleration intention of a driver of said vehicle and outputs a driving control signal stopping controlling an increase in deceleration of said vehicle on the basis of a result judged by said driving control signal calculating section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
A vehicle driving controller according to claim 6, wherein said driving control signal calculating section judges said presence or absence of acceleration or deceleration intention of said driver of said vehicle by comparing a throttle opening of said vehicle detected by said second detecting section and a throttle opening required to maintain a current speed of said vehicle.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
130 words
A vehicle driving controller according to claim 1, wherein said first detecting section has a curved road detecting section detecting information about a forward curved road in a driving course of said vehicle and also has a peripheral vehicle detecting section detecting information about a near vehicle around said vehicle; and, when said curved road detecting section newly detects the next curved road after a detection of a termination of a detected curved road, said driving control signal calculating section outputs a driving control signal stopping controlling of an increase in deceleration of said vehicle on the basis of a distance between said vehicle and said next curved road detected by said curved road detecting section, and said information about said near vehicle detected by said peripheral vehicle detecting section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A vehicle driving controller according to claim 8, wherein said information about said near vehicle is a distance between said vehicle and said near vehicle.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A vehicle driving controller according to claim 8, wherein said information of said near vehicle is a relative velocity between said vehicle and said near vehicle.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
99 words
A vehicle driving controller, comprising: first detecting means detecting a drive environment of a vehicle; second detecting means detecting a throttle opening of said vehicle; driving control signal calculating means outputting a driving control signal through calculations based on an output signal relating to said drive environment of said vehicle from said first detecting means in response to an output signal of said second detecting means relating to said throttle opening of said vehicle; and driving control means controlling driving of said vehicle on the basis of said driving control signal outputted from said driving control signal calculating means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
99 words
A vehicle driving controller, comprising: first detecting means detecting a drive environment of a vehicle; second detecting means detecting a throttle opening of said vehicle; driving control signal calculating means outputting a driving control signal through calculations based on an output signal relating to said drive environment of said vehicle from said first detecting means in response to an output signal of said second detecting means relating to said throttle opening of said vehicle; and driving control means controlling driving of said vehicle on the basis of said driving control signal outputted from said driving control signal calculating means.
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