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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:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Timothy D. Zwicky, Dearborn, MI (US);

Jeremy Lerner, Southfield, MI (US);

Md Nahid Pervez, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Natalie Arguello, Berkley, MI (US);

Andrea Bowes Chowanic, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Scott Huggins, Novi, MI (US);

Jason Joseph Woo, Northville, MI (US);

Taylor Hawley, Dearborn, MI (US);

Xingping Chen, Troy, MI (US);

Nitendra Nath, Troy, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/162 (2013.01); B60W 30/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/085 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to control at least one of a steering system or a propulsion system to operate a vehicle at a speed below a speed threshold. The instructions include instructions to determine whether one or more second vehicles a first distance from the vehicle are traveling below the speed threshold. The instructions include instructions to, upon determining the second vehicles are traveling below the speed threshold, continue to control the steering system or the propulsion system. The instructions include instructions to, upon determining the second vehicles are not traveling below the speed threshold, transition control of the steering system or the propulsion system to a human operator of the vehicle.


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