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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
May. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brett Stephens, Detroit, MI (US);
Jonathan Thomas Mullen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shane Elwart, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for routing a vehicle includes determining, based on aggregated drive data from a plurality of sources, route costs for a plurality of potential driving routes for a vehicle based on reliability of an automated driving feature or driver assistance feature. The method includes selecting a route of the one or more potential driving routes based on the route costs. The method includes providing information about the route to a driver, automated driving system, or driver assistance system.