Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Martin Miller

Thomas Edward Pilutti

Li Xu

John Michael Celli

Shiva Chaitanya Vishwakarma Chandrachary

Respective driver assist features that are currently active in a vehicle are identified, and parameters are obtained for determining respective sets of target objects for the driver assist features. The parameters of a first one of the driver assist features are applied to output a first target set of one or more targets selected from a set of candidate objects for the first one of the driver assist features, and then parameters of a second one of the driver assist feature are applied to output a second target set of one or more targets selected from the set of candidate objects for the second one of the driver assist features.

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A trailer sideswipe avoidance system for a vehicle towing a trailer is provided herein. The trailer sideswipe avoidance system includes a sensor system configured to detect objects in an operating environment of the vehicle. A controller receiving inputs from the sensor system is configured to determine a travel path of the towed trailer as the vehicle turns, determine whether an object detected in the operating environment of the vehicle is in the travel path of the towed trailer, determine a time until sideswiping of the object with the towed trailer, compare the time until sideswiping with a threshold time value, and prompt one or more vehicle systems to execute a sideswipe avoidance measure when the time until sideswiping is less than the threshold time value.

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