Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Benjamin L Williams

Constandi J Shami

Ryan D Martini

Reza Zarringhalam

Crystal Nassouri

Milad Jalaliyazdi

Ethan Thomas Dietrich

Nolan Foster

Morgan Douglas Dykshorn

Michael J Reinker

A method in a vehicle, includes: providing, via an HMI, a request to be followed indication responsive to receipt of a request to be followed from a following vehicle; providing, via the HMI, a request to enter a tether operating mode; entering the tether operating mode and selecting a tether goal between the lead vehicle and the following vehicle; providing, via the HMI, a tether mode indication that indicates that the lead vehicle is in the tether operating mode; monitoring a headway between the lead vehicle and following vehicle; adjusting a preplanned trajectory calculated by a driver assistance system to facilitate the following vehicle obtaining and maintaining the tether goal; modifying driver assistance system operation based on a level at which the headway is greater than the tether goal; and generating control signals for vehicle actuators to control the lead vehicle to facilitate the following vehicle maintaining the tether goal.

Virtual tethering for autonomous convoy

Methods and systems for determining a continuous driving path for a vehicle include: (i) automatically controlling movement of the vehicle along a path while prioritizing the movement so as to minimize vehicle maneuvers, via a processor; (ii) obtaining data including location information as to a location of the vehicle and map information pertaining to the location as the vehicle is travelling autonomously via by the processor; (iii) determining, via the processor, when a decision is needed with respect to further travel of the vehicle, based on the location information and the map information; (iv) requesting, via the processor, driver input as to a driver preference of a driver for movement of the vehicle with regard to the decision; (v) receiving, via one or more sensors, the driver input including the driver preference; and (vi) determining, via the processor, the continuous driving path based on the driver preference.

Method of determining a continuous driving path in the absence of a navigational route for autonomous vehicles

Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, method includes: receiving, via one or more sensing devices, sensor data relating to an environment associated with the vehicle; determining, by a processor, at least one of a type of an intersection, a type of a traffic control device, and a signal of the traffic control device associated with an upcoming intersection based on at least one of the sensor data and map data; defining, by the processor, a first zone and a second zone of the upcoming intersection based on the at least one of the type of the intersection, the type of the traffic control device, and the signal of the traffic control device associated with an upcoming intersection; determining, by the processor, a current zone of the vehicle based on the first zone and the second zone and a position of the vehicle; and selectively controlling, by the processor, lateral movement and longitudinal movement of the vehicle based on a control method that evaluates the current zone, operator instructions, and autonomous control instructions when controlling the vehicle.

Systems and methods for intersection maneuvering by vehicles

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Milford, MI, United States of America

Benjamin L Williams