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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Jeffrey S. Parks, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paul A. Adam, Milford, MI (US);
Gabriel T. Choi, Novi, MI (US);
Braden J. Swantick, Canton, MI (US);
Namai P. Kumara, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present application relates to a method and apparatus for controlling an ADAS equipped vehicle including a sensor configured for determining a first distance to a first proximate vehicle and a second distance to a second proximate vehicle, a user input operative to receive a user preference, a memory operative to store a map data, a processor operative to generate a current lane score and an adjacent lane score in response to the first distance, the second distance, the user preference, and the map data, the processor being further operative to generate a lane change control signal in response to the adjacent lane score exceeding the current lane score and a vehicle controller operative to perform a lane change operation from a current lane to an adjacent lane in response to the lane change control signal.