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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sandip Aine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automated control of vehicle lane change maneuvers are disclosed. Some implementations may include detecting, based on data from a sensor in the first vehicle, one or more other vehicles that are moving in a target lane of the road. Some implementations may include determining, based on the kinematic state of the vehicle and a prediction of motion of the one or more other vehicles in the target lane, estimates of headway in relation to at least one of the one or more other vehicles in the target lane. Some implementations may include determining, based at least in part on the estimates of headway, overtake decisions for the one or more other vehicles traveling in the target lane. Some implementations may include determining a motion plan that will transition the first vehicle from the current lane to the target lane based the overtake decisions.