| 摘要 |
In a vehicular run controlling apparatus and method, a vehicular run controller is provided to perform a vehicular run control on the basis of a vehicular velocity of the vehicle and a vehicular running environment surrounding the vehicle, the vehicular run controller having at least two control modes of a control wait mode and a vehicular run mode, falling in a state of the vehicular run control when a start of the vehicular run control by means of the vehicular run controller is set through a vehicular run control setter, falling in a halt state of the vehicular run control when a release of the vehicular run control is set through the vehicular run control setter, carrying out a mode transition from one control mode to the other control mode when the mode transition from the one control mode to the other control mode is instructed through a mode transition instructor according to a vehicular driver's will and when a predetermined condition is established during the vehicular run control irrespective of the vehicular driver's will, and informing the vehicular driver through an informing device such as an alarm unit of an occurrence of the mode transition from the one control mode to the other control mode when the mode transition from the one control mode to the other control mode occurs.
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