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Patent Inventor Names
Yushi Seki0
Takahito Endo0
Yasuhiro Oshiumi0
Yasuyuki Kato0
Hideaki Komada0
Katsuya Iwazaki0
Kensei Hata0
Date of Patent
September 4, 2018
0Patent Application Number
158072060
Date Filed
November 8, 2017
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A vehicle control system to configured to operate a vehicle autonomously while keeping a safe distance from a preceding vehicle is provided. The vehicle control system is configured to operate the vehicle autonomously to follow a preceding vehicle while keeping a predetermined distance, and to determine a presence of a passenger in the vehicle. If the vehicle is operated autonomously to follow the preceding vehicle while carrying a passenger, the vehicle control system selects a longest distance from the preceding vehicle.
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