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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2020
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey S. Parks, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paul A. Adam, Milford, MI (US);
Namai P. Kumara, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Shaun C. Bowman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dmitriy Feldman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2552/20 (2020.02);
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle and a system and method of operating the autonomous vehicle. The system includes a sensor and a processor. The processor determines an effective observation area of the sensor, the effective observation area being affected by an extrinsic condition. The processor determines an available time for performing a lane change based on the effective observation area and performs the lane change based on the available time.