Vehicle headway maintenance assist system and method
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Aug 16, 2011
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Sep 13, 2007
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Mar 8, 2007
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Mar 10, 2006
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Abstract
A vehicle headway maintenance assist system is configured to perform a haptic notification control of an accelerator to prompt the driver to release the accelerator when the accelerator is being operated and to perform a deceleration control of the vehicle based on headway distance when the accelerator is being operated as long as the headway distance from a preceding vehicle is less than a prescribed headway distance threshold.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 500 NORTHWEST 12TH AVENUE DEERFIELD BEACH FLORIDA 33442-1795 |
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- 2007 Application Filing Year
- B60T Class
- 500 Applications Filed
- 317 Patents Issued To-Date
- 63.41 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Egawa, Kenichi | Tama, JP | 21 | 501 |
# of filed Patents : 21 Total Citations : 501 | |||
Kobayashi, Yosuke | Yokohama, JP | 82 | 897 |
# of filed Patents : 82 Total Citations : 897 | |||
Tange, Satoshi | Fujisawa, JP | 67 | 1911 |
# of filed Patents : 67 Total Citations : 1911 |
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- 11 Citation Count
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