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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Karl Bidner, Livonia, MI (US);
Timothy Joseph Clark, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60Q 1/46 (2006.01); B60W 40/068 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/0953 (2013.01); B60Q 1/46 (2013.01); B60W 40/068 (2013.01); B60W 2530/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first vehicle includes: steering, brakes, memory, sensors, and processor(s) configured to: determine, with the sensors: the first vehicle's acceleration, a second vehicle's acceleration; compute a theoretical collision velocity (TCV) between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the accelerations; apply a function or generate a command based on the TCV and a selected coefficient of kinetic friction (COF).