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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Paul Gibeau, Canton, MI (US);
Mark J. Ferrel, Brighton, MI (US);
Christopher W. Bell, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/22 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); E21C 27/24 (2006.01); B62D 6/04 (2006.01); B62D 5/00 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); B62K 27/06 (2006.01); G01S 15/931 (2020.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); G01S 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/22 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01); G01S 5/30 (2013.01); G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G01S 2015/938 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for a vehicle includes a trio of ultrasonic sensors, and a controller configured to, responsive to a location of an object identified from a distance between the ultrasonic sensors, a receive time at each of the ultrasonic sensors associated with a same ultrasonic pulse from a transmitter of the object, and an absence of data regarding a send time of the ultrasonic pulse, steer the vehicle to the object.