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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Michael Galan Ferrer, Carson City, CA (US);
Jayanthi Rao, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Victoria Leigh Schein, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2556/60 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01);
Abstract
An identified destination roadway lane from a plurality of roadway lanes that is separated from a current roadway lane of a vehicle by at least one roadway lane is received. Upon determining that a blind spot of the vehicle extending across the destination roadway lane and a roadway lane between the destination lane and a current roadway lane is free of objects, a means for providing an alert is actuated.