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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
William Falconer, Detroit, MI (US);
Zachary Konchan, Westland, MI (US);
Leonard Eber Carrier, Dearborn, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); B60W 30/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle controller includes a memory and a processor programmed to execute instructions stored in the memory. The instructions include detecting that a host vehicle is on a low friction surface, generating a composite map representing locations of a plurality of high friction surfaces, selecting one of the plurality of high friction surfaces, and autonomously navigating the host vehicle to the selected high friction surface by executing a slip control process.