| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a follow-up control apparatus that enables running, maintaining a following distance matching the surroundings. <P>SOLUTION: The follow-up control apparatus 1 comprises an ECU 2 mounted on a vehicle. The ECU 2 has a following distance setting part 15 for setting a driver-preferred following distance from a driver-preferred following distance map stored in a memory part 13, a surrounding vehicle detection part 16 for computing following distances from the vehicle to surrounding vehicles and the like from detection signals from a front radar 9 and a back radar 10, a following distance setting part 17 for computing a following distance matching the running conditions of the surrounding vehicles from the following distances from the vehicle to the surrounding vehicles and the like, a target following distance setting part 18 for computing a target following distance from the vehicle to the preceding vehicle from the driver-preferred following distance and the following distance matching the running conditions of the surrounding vehicles, and a speed control part 20 for controlling the speed according to the target following distance. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT</p> |
