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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2015
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Gerald H. Engelman, Plymouth, MI (US);

Alex Maurice Miller, Canton, MI (US);

Richard Lee Stephenson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Levasseur Tellis, Southfield, MI (US);

Timothy D. Zwicky, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2013.01); B60W 30/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

First and second sets of data are collected in a vehicle from respective data sources. Each of the first and second sets of data are provided for determinations respectively selected from first and second categories of autonomous vehicle operations. A determination is made to take an autonomous action selected from the first category of autonomous vehicle operations. Data is used from each of the first and second data sets relating respectively to the first and second categories of autonomous vehicle operations to determine the autonomous action.


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