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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Scott Varnhagen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/1755 (2006.01); B60T 8/1763 (2006.01); B60T 8/171 (2006.01); B60T 8/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/17558 (2013.01); B60T 8/171 (2013.01); B60T 8/172 (2013.01); B60T 8/17557 (2013.01); B60T 8/17636 (2013.01); B60T 2201/08 (2013.01); B60T 2210/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer that includes a processor and memory that stores instructions executable by the processor. The instructions may include generating, at a host vehicle, a roadway friction map by: detecting a velocity change of a target vehicle; calculating friction data based on the velocity change; and storing the friction data.