| 摘要 |
In control apparatus and method for controlling an inter-vehicle distance to another vehicle traveling ahead of the vehicle, an inter-vehicle distance from the vehicle to another vehicle running on a traffic lane at the detected inter-vehicle distance from the vehicle is detected through an inter-vehicle distance detector; a follow-up running control for the vehicle is performed by a vehicular running controller such that the vehicle runs behind the other vehicle, maintaining a predetermined inter-vehicle distance to the other vehicle; and a vehicular velocity variation inhibit command is generated and outputted to the vehicular running controller to maintain a vehicular running state immediately before the inter-vehicle distance detector changes from a first state in which the inter-vehicle distance to the other vehicle is being detected into a second state in which the inter-vehicle distance becomes indetectable is continued for a duration of time until the vehicle passes the traffic lane by the inter-vehicle distance immediately before the inter-vehicle distance detector changes from the first state into the second state.
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