Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Namai P Kumara

Paul A Adam

Jeffrey S Parks

Dmitriy Feldman

Gabriel T Choi

Shaun C Bowman

Braden J Swantick

An autonomous vehicle and a system and method of operating the autonomous vehicle. The system includes a sensor and a processor. The processor determines an effective observation area of the sensor, the effective observation area being affected by an extrinsic condition. The processor determines an available time for performing a lane change based on the effective observation area and performs the lane change based on the available time.

Extrinsic characterization of detection capability to support automated lane change

The present application relates to a method and apparatus for controlling an ADAS equipped vehicle including a sensor configured for determining a first distance to a first proximate vehicle and a second distance to a second proximate vehicle, a user input operative to receive a user preference, a memory operative to store a map data, a processor operative to generate a current lane score and an adjacent lane score in response to the first distance, the second distance, the user preference, and the map data, the processor being further operative to generate a lane change control signal in response to the adjacent lane score exceeding the current lane score and a vehicle controller operative to perform a lane change operation from a current lane to an adjacent lane in response to the lane change control signal.

Method and apparatus for determination of optimal cruising lane in an assisted driving system

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

Namai P Kumara