EP0965477A3

Apparatus and method for cruise control with regulation of vehicle spacing

Abstract

When it is detected that the vehicle runs on a road surface having a low frictional coefficient road surface such as to cause a road wheel to slip easily, control of the vehicular velocity to follow a preceding vehicle at a target value of the inter-vehicle distance is inhibited. In a preferred embodiment, when a request to start the preceding vehicle follow-up run control is issued by the driver (S6) after the vehicle has been running on the low frictional road surface and the follow-up run control has been inhibited, the follow-up run control is started after the driver is informed of the running on the low frictional coefficient road (S41) and carries out a confirmation operation (S42).

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0387874A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	Y	Search report	5,6,8,9
EP0813987A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	Search report	1-21
DE4414657A1	Cites	Germany	A	Search report	1-21
US5278764A	Cites	United States of America	XA	Search report	1
US5418727A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	7,10
US5454442A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1-21
US5594645A	Cites	United States of America	XY	Search report	1-4,11-21

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EP0965477A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	1999-12-22
JP2000006787A	Japan	A	2000-01-11
JP2000016116A	Japan	A	2000-01-18
EP0965477A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2000-12-06
US6285944B1	United States of America	B1	2001-09-04
EP0965477B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2003-09-24
DE69911503D1	Germany	D1	2003-10-30
DE69911503T2	Germany	T2	2004-08-05
JP3555450B2	Japan	B2	2004-08-18
JP3589031B2	Japan	B2	2004-11-17
EP0965477B2	European Patent Office (EPO)	B2	2007-01-03
DE69911503T3	Germany	T3	2007-05-24

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2019-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2019-07-10	Patent expired after termination of 20 yearsExpiredPE20	PE20	GB
2019-06-18	Expiry of rightR071	R071	DE
2018-10-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
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2007-05-25	Fr: translation filed ** decision concerning oppositionOppositionET3	ET3	EP
2007-01-03	Patent maintained in amended form27A	27A	EP
2007-01-03	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2006-12-01	Patent maintained in amended formORIGINAL CODE: 0009272PUAH	PUAH	EP
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1999-11-05	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI	EP

Apparatus and method for cruise control with regulation of vehicle spacing

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