US Patent 7155342 Driving assist system for vehicle

A vehicle driving assist system calculates a risk potential of the subject vehicle with respect to a front obstacle by estimating a compression amount of a vertical resilient member which is imaginary provided at the front of the subject vehicle when the subject vehicle approaches the front obstacle. The correction amounts of drive force and braking force and the correction amount of reaction force are calculated based upon the calculated risk potential so as to perform drive force/braking force correction control and reaction force control simultaneously.