US 12,291,206 B2
Vehicle traveling control apparatus
Harunobu Horiguchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,943.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-202903 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182736 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/165 (2020.01); B60W 40/072 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/165 (2013.01) [B60W 40/072 (2013.01); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle traveling control apparatus to be applied to a vehicle, the vehicle traveling control apparatus comprising:
a traveling environment data acquiring unit configured to acquire traveling environment data related to a traveling environment ahead of the vehicle; and
a traveling controller configured to cause the vehicle to travel at a set speed and to maintain a distance from a preceding vehicle by adjusting the set speed to follow the preceding vehicle, wherein
the traveling controller comprises:
a preceding vehicle recognizing unit configured to recognize the preceding vehicle as a target to be followed by the vehicle, on a basis of the traveling environment data;
a curve curvature detecting unit configured to detect a curvature of a curved road, on a basis of the traveling environment data or road map data; and
a vehicle speed keep controlling unit configured to maintain the adjusted set speed even when the preceding vehicle recognizing unit loses track of the preceding vehicle as the target after the preceding vehicle enters the curved road.