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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Scott Vincent Myers, Camarillo, CA (US);
Ashley Elizabeth Micks, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexandru Mihai Gurghian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Harpreetsingh Banvait, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Parsa Mahmoudieh, Vallejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 30/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06K 9/6288 (2013.01); G08G 1/0967 (2013.01); G08G 1/09626 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01); G08G 1/162 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example sinkhole detection systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives data from multiple sensors mounted to a vehicle and analyzes the received data to identify a sinkhole in a roadway ahead of the vehicle. If a sinkhole is identified, the method adjusts vehicle operations and reports the sinkhole to a shared database and/or another vehicle.