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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Nitendra Nath, Troy, MI (US);
Steven Yellin Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle control system includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instruction executable by the processor to, in response to detecting hands being off a steering wheel for a threshold time while a lane-centering assist operation is active, steer a vehicle including the steering wheel from a center of a lane to a lateral position between the center of the lane and an edge of the lane; then steer the vehicle from the lateral position to the center of the lane; and then maintain the vehicle at the center of the lane.