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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Andrew John Norwood, Ivanhoe, AU;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); B60R 2300/804 (2013.01); B60T 2201/08 (2013.01); B60T 2201/089 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9332 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9353 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01);
Abstract
An overtaking lane control system in a vehicle comprises a lane determination unit to recognize road configuration; an obstacle monitoring unit to detect approaching vehicles in adjacent lanes; and an overtaking lane control unit to issue a first alert to a driver to warn the driver to return to a normal lane when the overtaking lane control unit determines that the vehicle has traveled in an overtaking lane for a first predetermined time and it is safe to change to the normal lane.