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Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2017
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Brooks Reed, San Francisco, CA (US);

Yung-Chang Ko, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/30 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/30 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a current position of the vehicle along a determined path; retrieving map information that includes a pitch and a curvature of a roadway at or near the current position; determining, based on the map information, a planned pitch and a planned roll of the vehicle at or near the current position; determining, based on the planned pitch and the planned roll, a location of the field of view of the sensing device; determining, based on the location of the field of view and a location of an area of interest, an amount of movement of the sensing device to align the field of view with the area of interest; and generating, one or more control signals to one or more actuators associated with the sensing device based on the determined amount of movement.


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