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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Charles Weber, Toledo, OH (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60T 7/18 (2006.01); G01S 17/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60T 7/18 (2013.01); G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01S 15/00 (2013.01); G01S 17/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01); B60T 2210/36 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to access a train schedule to determine active train crossings along an original route, based on a predicted vehicle-arrival time at a given crossing. The processor is also configured to determine that a driver identity has an avoidance parameter associated therewith and determine a new route avoiding active train crossings, if possible, responsive to the avoidance parameter and determination of at least one active train crossing along the original route.