System Description

Dynamic Laser Cruise Control System:

DYNAMIC LASER CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM

DESCRIPTION

Keep in mind these following points when inspecting the dynamic laser cruise control system.

- As there is a limitation the vehicle-to-vehicle distance controlling capability, do not overly rely on the dynamic laser cruise control system.
- Do not neglect to pay constant attention to the vehicle-to-vehicle distance and the traffic conditions when using the dynamic laser cruise control system. Keep an appropriate distance between the vehicle in front and your own vehicle by decelerating with the brake pedal depressed or accelerating with the accelerator pedal depressed depending on the situation.
- When the preceding vehicle decelerates rapidly or another vehicle pulls out in front of your own vehicle, the vehicle fails to decelerate in time and thus will collide with the preceding vehicle.
- The dynamic laser cruise control system is designed to assist you in maintaining an appropriate distance between your own vehicle and the preceding vehicle. However, the system alone is not sufficient. It is imperative that the driver maintains attention at all times.

DYNAMIC LASER CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

a. This system maintains the vehicle running at the fixed speed that the driver has set, as long as there are no vehicles ahead in the same lane. Then, the system maintains the vehicle distance that has been set by the driver.

If the system detects a front vehicle moving slower speed than one's own vehicle while the driver is driving at a fixed speed, it closes the throttle valve to decelerate. If additional deceleration is necessary, it shifts the gears down to decelerate. If further deceleration is required, the system controls the brake actuator in order to apply the brakes. Thereafter, if there are no front vehicles within the set vehicle-to-vehicle distance because either the vehicle in front or the driver has changed lanes, the system accelerates slowly to reach the set vehicle speed and resumes driving at the fixed speed.

b. (fixed speed) cruise control mode that effects control only to maintain a fixed cruising speed. The vehicle-to-vehicle distance control mode that effects cruising at a fixed speed function, deceleration cruising function, follow-up cruising function, and acceleration cruising function. These two modes can be switched by operating the cruise control main switch.

c. A steering pad switch (Distance control switch) for setting the distance to the front vehicle is provided on the steering wheel pad. With this switch, the vehicle distance can be set in the following three stages: LONG, MIDDLE, and SHORT.