US Patent 10131353 Vehicle and method for controlling the same

A vehicle chooses a target vehicle based on a position of a preceding vehicle and information about a visual line of a driver, both of which are acquired by respective detection units provided in the vehicle, and controls a traveling speed of the vehicle of the driver in relation with the target vehicle. The vehicle includes: a preceding-vehicle detection unit to detect other vehicle located in front of the vehicle of a driver to acquire a position of the other vehicle; a driver visual line detection unit to acquire information about a visual line of the driver; and a control unit to choose a target vehicle based on the information of the other vehicle and the information about the visual line of the driver and control a traveling speed of the vehicle which the driver drives such that an inter-vehicle distance from the target vehicle becomes a preset distance.