Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Wayne Williams

Shane Elwart

John Patrick Joyce

Tobias John Pallett

Scott J Lauffer

Dale Scott Crombez

Hai Yu

Peter Francis Worrel

Andrew Arthur Brown

James McBride

Paul Joseph Szuszman

Jerome Charles Ivan

Rajit Johri

Roger Arnold Trombley

Hongtei Eric Tseng

Douglas Scott Rhode

John Shutko

Devinder Singh Kochhar

Steven R El Aile

Jeff Allen Greenberg

Christopher Attard

Hui Lin

A current state of a vehicle is identified. Vehicle path curvature limits are determined. A curvature performance profile to follow is determined based at least in part the vehicle path curvature limits. A direction of the vehicle is controlled based at least in part the curvature performance profile.

Vehicle curvature determination

A current state of a vehicle can be identified. At least a minimum acceleration capability of the vehicle is determined. A desired acceleration profile to follow is determined based at least in part on the minimum acceleration capability. An acceleration of the vehicle is controlled based at least in part on the desired acceleration profile.

Deceleration determination of a vehicle

A system of one or more computers having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the computer is programmed to identify a current state of a vehicle and determine a maximum acceleration capability of the vehicle. The system also determines a desired acceleration profile to follow based at least in part the maximum acceleration capability and controls an acceleration of the vehicle based at least in part the desired acceleration profile.

Vehicle acceleration determination

A system includes a first battery configured to power at least one vehicle subsystem and a second battery configured to power an electric motor to propel a vehicle. A processing device is configured to detect an inadequate power level provided from the first battery to the at least one vehicle subsystem and selectively partition the second battery to power the at least one vehicle subsystem.

Redundant electrical power for autonomous vehicles

Vehicle operating systems are autonomously operated. A transient in an upcoming path of the vehicle is determined from a comparison of vehicle path data and vehicle status data to a threshold of mechanism first operating system. Operational parameters for one of first and second operating systems are selected according to the comparison. The selected operational parameters are applied to the operation of the one of the first and second operating systems.

System and method for energy optimization in autonomous vehicle operation

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