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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Adel Awad Alla, Novi, MI (US);
Cheri Lyn Hansen, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph F. Stanek, Northville, MI (US);
Douglas Scott Rhode, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60T 7/02 (2006.01); B60T 7/14 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 7/02 (2013.01); B60T 7/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); B60T 2220/00 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a switch biased to a neutral position, a camera, and a computer communicatively coupled to the switch and the camera. The computer is programmed to activate a vehicle brake upon receiving data from the switch that the switch is in the neutral position and to activate the vehicle brake upon determining that an operator of the switch is in an inattentive state based on data received from the camera.