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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:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Yuhao Liu, Canton, MI (US);

Alex Maurice Miller, Canton, MI (US);

Christopher Pontisakos, Allen Park, MI (US);

Purushothaman Rayalsamy, Westland, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 8/171 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60T 8/171 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to predict a collision time between a corner point of a host vehicle and a target vehicle, predict a reach time for the corner point of the host vehicle to reach the target vehicle based on a predicted relative heading angle between the host vehicle and the target vehicle, and determine a threat number based on the lower of the collision time and the reach time.


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