18750248. TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE
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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18750248 titled 'TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE
Original Abstract Submitted
A travel control device includes an automatic braking device that automatically brakes an own vehicle; and a driving support ECU configured to acquire information on one of a curvature and a curvature radius of a traveling road in front of the own vehicle, calculate a target vehicle speed of the own vehicle based on the information, and automatically decelerate the own vehicle by the automatic braking device so that the vehicle speed of the own vehicle becomes the target vehicle speed when the vehicle speed of the own vehicle exceeds the target vehicle speed, wherein the driving support ECU suppresses the execution of the automatic deceleration when it is estimated that the driver is going to overtake the preceding vehicle.