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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Motional Ad Llc, Boston, MA (US);
Junqing Wei, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Gaurav Bhatia, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Wenda Xu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Motional AD LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A safe-to-proceed system () for operating an automated vehicle proximate to an intersection () includes an intersection-detector (), a vehicle-detector (), and a controller (). The intersection-detector () is suitable for use on a host-vehicle (). The intersection-detector () is used to determine when a host-vehicle () is proximate to an intersection (). The vehicle-detector () is also suitable for use on the host-vehicle (). The vehicle-detector () is used to estimate a stopping-distance () of an other-vehicle () approaching the intersection (). The controller () is in communication with the intersection-detector () and the vehicle-detector (). The controller () is configured to prevent the host-vehicle () from entering the intersection () when the stopping-distance () indicates that the other-vehicle () will enter the intersection () before stopping.