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Patent No.:

US 11685378 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2020

Extrinsic characterization of detection capability to support automated lane change

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:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Anne Marie Antonucci

Assistant Examiner:

Amelia Vorce

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Parks, Jeffrey. (2023). Extrinsic characterization of detection capability to support automated lane change (U.S. Patent No. 11685378). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11685378

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