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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Charles Weber, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 2550/20 (2013.01); B60W 2750/30 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first phantom vehicle is projected into one of a branch and a circle lane of a roundabout in association with a first autonomous vehicle. The first autonomous vehicle is caused to enter the circle lane upon predicting no collision with oncoming vehicles. The first autonomous vehicle is caused to exit from the roundabout.