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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2017
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Constandi J. Shami, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Christopher J. Twarog, Franklin, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 40/068 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/068 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2550/148 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: Systems and method are provided for controlling a first vehicle. In one embodiment, a method of determining road surface information for a first vehicle at a vehicle location includes: obtaining a first value of a friction coefficient for a road surface; obtaining environmental data at the vehicle location; calculating a second value of the friction coefficient based on the first value and based on the environmental data at the vehicle location; and controlling the first vehicle based on the second value.


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