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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:
Sep. 03, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Mohammad Abouali, Canton, MI (US);

Jeremy Lerner, Southfield, MI (US);

Scott Huggins, Novi, MI (US);

Taylor Hawley, Oak Park, MI (US);

Navid Tafaghodi Khajavi, Troy, MI (US);

Danielle Rosenblatt, Dearborn, MI (US);

Xingping Chen, Troy, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02);
Abstract

A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to monitor a position of a vehicle while an adaptive cruise control feature of the vehicle is set to operate in a standard operation mode, identify, based on the position of the vehicle and on visibility zone information, a limited visibility zone in a route of travel of the vehicle, and cause the adaptive cruise control feature to operate in a modified operation mode while the vehicle is in the limited visibility zone, wherein during operation in the modified operation mode, the adaptive cruise control feature operates in accordance with one or more modified operating parameters.


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