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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref. OT, JP;
Te-Ping Kang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, unknown;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a vehicle size sensor mounted in a subject vehicle, the vehicle size sensor configured to detect whether a leading vehicle in front of the subject vehicle is oversized, and a processor coupled to the subject vehicle and the vehicle size sensor. The subject vehicle is configured to perform an assisted passing of the leading vehicle based on a passing parameter that defines a characteristic of the assisted passing, and the processor is programmed to, during the assisted passing: communicate with the vehicle size sensor to determined whether the leading vehicle is oversized, and modify the passing parameter when the leading vehicle is determined to be oversized.