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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Fling Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shiqi Qiu, Canton, MI (US);
Pankaj Kumar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hassene Jammoussi, Canton, MI (US);
Fakhreddine Landolsi, Canton, MI (US);
Imad Hassan Makki, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G01C 21/3685 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer determines that a rate of travel value for a route segment being traversed by a first vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold. A maneuver is planned for the first vehicle to depart from the route segment based on collected vehicle operating data from one or more second vehicles previously traversing the route segment. The first vehicle is instructed to execute the maneuver to depart the route segment.