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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventor:

Frank Riggi, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60R 2300/301 (2013.01); B60R 2300/80 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2554/801 (2020.02); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for tracking a following vehicle by a leading vehicle. In one example, the system includes a user interface, a camera, an output device, and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is configured to receive, via the user interface, an indication of the following vehicle and recognize the following vehicle. The electronic controller tracks the following vehicle using a video feed from the camera and determines whether the following vehicle is struggling to follow the leading vehicle. The electronic controller also generates a driver notification when the following vehicle is struggling to follow the leading vehicle and outputs, via the output device, the driver notification.


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