Adaptive cruise control system with traffic jam tracking function based on multi-sensors and the driving behavior of skilled drivers

The traditional adaptive cruise control system generally requires 25–40 km/h velocity to function. Moreover, the adaptive cruise control system cannot decelerate to the stop state, cannot adjust for stationary objects, and has limited scope of application. This study achieved the traffic jam tracking function of vehicles through the simultaneous use of millimeter wave and laser sensors and the analysis of the driving behavior of skilled drivers. The spacing and acceleration control of a vehicle is optimized based on the premise of ensuring safety and comfort by providing smooth, comfortable, safe, and radical control modes for driver selection, thereby increasing the probability that adaptive cruise control adopted by drivers. In addition, the collision avoidance function is added for safety reasons. Finally, actual vehicle experiments show that the distance and acceleration errors are in the expected range of errors of drivers. Moreover, the validity and practicability of the proposed adaptive cruise control algorithm are verified.