Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Fangjun Jiang

Alex Maurice Miller

Roger Arnold Trombley

Gang Song

Nanjun Liu

Kun Deng

Ahsan Qamar

Jonas A Jerrelind

Matthew Joseph Meinhart

Gary Song

A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine respective threat numbers for each of a plurality of targets based on an angular acceleration of a host vehicle and actuate a component in the host vehicle based on the threat numbers.

Collision avoidance and mitigation

A path of a target object is predicted. A path of a non-moving host vehicle is predicted based on at least one of a predetermined host vehicle acceleration and a predetermined host vehicle speed. A threat number for the target is determined based at least in part on the predicted path of the host vehicle, the threat number indicating a probability of a collision between the target and the host vehicle. A brake is actuated when the threat number is above a threat number threshold.

Vehicle collision avoidance

A method is provided for determining when to allow a vehicle engine to be placed in an engine standby mode. Various conditions, such as driver-controlled conditions, vehicle conditions, and energy management conditions, are compared to corresponding predetermined conditions. If at least some of the conditions match their corresponding predetermined conditions, the vehicle engine is allowed to be placed in a standby mode.

System and method for controlling stopping and starting of a vehicle engine

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