| 摘要 |
An automatic following control execution unit recognizes a preceding vehicle of the present vehicle, and executes an automatic following control to make the present vehicle automatically follow the preceding vehicle. An initiation instruction acquisition unit acquires an instruction to initiate the automatic following control. An automatic following control initiation unit initiates the automatic following control after the satisfaction of a first condition that an automatic following control is currently not being executed, a second condition that the brake of the present vehicle is on, a third condition that the present vehicle is currently at a halt, a fourth condition that a preceding vehicle has been recognized, and a fifth condition that the initiation instruction acquisition unit has acquired an initiation instruction, and when the brake changes from on to off. A halt-timing target-intervehicular-distance setting unit detects a first intervehicular distance between the present vehicle and the preceding vehicle during the satisfaction of the first to fifth conditions, and sets the target intervehicular distance for halting the present vehicle to the first intervehicular distance. A start-timing setting unit detects a second intervehicular distance between the present vehicle and the preceding vehicle upon the initiation of the automatic following control, and sets the start timing for starting the present vehicle on the basis of the second intervehicular distance. |
