US Patent No: 5,197,562

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Vehicle cruising control device

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Abstract

A vehicle cruising control device includes a detecting device for detecting the current speed of the vehicle, a constant speed control device for maintaining the speed of the vehicle at a selected speed, a measuring device for measuring the current inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and an advance vehicle and an inter-vehicle distance control device for maintaining the inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and the advance vehicle at a predetermined distance based on the degree of danger determined by the relationship of the current distance between vehicles and the relative speed between the vehicles. A switching device is provided for turning on either of the constant speed control device and the inter-vehicle distance control device.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAKARIYA-SHI AICHI-KEN, JP3566

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hida, Takashi Aichi, JP 6 136
Kakinami, Toshiaki Aichi-ken, JP 44 835
Saiki, Mitsuyoshi Nagoya, JP 10 505
Sato, Jun Tokyo, JP 367 1910

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