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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:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2019
Applicant:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Richard C. Ross, Westlake Village, CA (US);

Michael J. Holihan, Tucson, AZ (US);

John J. Ermer, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B61L 3/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 3/008 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/28 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A trusted accident avoidance control system supported on a vehicle operable to travel a path, and comprising at least first and second location determination components operable to estimate a current position of the vehicle. An error correction component can receive the estimated current position information from the first and second location determination components and determine an updated estimated current position of the vehicle based on these, wherein the error correction component can be operable with a path database to identify a predetermined threshold velocity for the updated estimated current position of the vehicle. A velocity management component can determine, based on the updated estimated current position, whether a current velocity of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined threshold velocity, and if so, initiate an accident avoidance measure. The trusted accident avoidance control system is self-contained to the vehicle, not relying on outside sources to generate any estimated current positions.


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