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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0013 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0014 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/142 (2013.01); B60W 2550/146 (2013.01); B60W 2550/147 (2013.01); B60W 2550/22 (2013.01); B60W 2550/30 (2013.01); B60W 2550/40 (2013.01); B60W 2720/103 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for a speed controller for a vehicle. An example disclosed vehicle includes a power train control unit and an autonomy unit. The example power train control unit controls a speed of the vehicle based on a control signal. The example autonomy unit (a) receives a speed profile based on a preview of traffic information from an profile generator on an external network, and (b) based on vehicle dynamic data and the speed profile, generate the control signal to control the speed of the vehicle according to the speed profile.