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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
William J. Chundrlik, Jr., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Marc Wimmershoff, Foster City, CA (US);
MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle as it travels along a road includes processing at an ECU provided image data captured by a forward viewing camera and processing at the ECU a provided output indicative of a determined geographical location of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing of the provided output, a geographically-derived path of travel of the vehicle is generated. Responsive to determination of a traffic lane in which the vehicle is traveling along the road, a camera-derived path of travel of the vehicle is generated. The vehicle is controlled based on (i) the geographically-derived path of travel of the vehicle and/or (ii) the camera-derived path of travel of the vehicle. The vehicle is controlled based on diminished weight of the geographically-derived path or diminished weight of the camera-derived path when a respective reliability level is below a threshold level.