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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jeffrey Thomas Remillard, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

John Shutko, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Cynthia M Neubecker, Westland, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/14 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/14 (2013.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2550/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/22 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for provide monitoring a vehicle's surroundings, predicting when a navigation route will pass through a closed road, preemptively modifying the navigation route to avoid the closed road, identifying changes in speed limit, and identifying dangerous debris in the roadway. One embodiment of the camera-based vehicle control system includes a camera configured to obtain image information and a processor configured to: analyze the image information; if a reroute condition is satisfied based on the image information, implement an alternate navigation route; if a threat condition is satisfied based on the image information, cause an output device to output a threat alert; and if a speed condition is satisfied based on the image information, modify a vehicle speed setting.


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