The present invention provides an intelligent cruise control device
installed in a host vehicle and used for performing follow-up cruise
control to follow up a moving target located in front of the host vehicle
by supplying an operating signal to an auto cruise control device which is
used for carrying out auto cruise control to adjust the speed of the host
vehicle by carrying out an operation indicated by the operating signal
generated by the operating part in accordance with an operation type such
as acceleration and deceleration specified by the driver so that the host
vehicle is running at the adjusted speed. The intelligent cruise control
device further comprises: a storage means for storing information on the
operating signal for each operation type such as acceleration and
deceleration; an operation determining means for determining the type of
an operation required by the host vehicle to follow up a moving target
located in front of the host vehicle from information on the speed of the
host vehicle and information on the range between the host vehicle and the
moving target; and a signal generating means for reading out information
on an operating signal for the type of an operation determined by the
operation determining means from the storage means and for generating the
operating signal in accordance with the information on the operating
signal read out from the storage means.