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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Aaron L. Mills, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Chet Hearn, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 7/18 (2006.01); G01S 17/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/162 (2013.01); B60T 7/18 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 15/00 (2013.01); G01S 17/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); H04W 84/00 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01); G01S 2013/936 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9364 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9367 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication from a second vehicle is received. Upon failing to detect the second vehicle based on first vehicle sensor data, a message indicating a forward collision warning is sent. Upon detecting the second vehicle based on the first vehicle sensor data, the forward collision warning is suppressed and a first vehicle brake is actuated.