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Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Daniel Althoff, Bavaria, DE;

Andreas Joachim Knoblach, Munich, DE;

Scott Julian Varnhagen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/038 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/045 (2013.01); B60W 50/038 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2050/0008 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer program products for vehicle path planning. The methods comprise: estimating a current state of a vehicle based on sensor data; generating a control error representing a difference between the estimated current state of the vehicle and a desired state of the vehicle as described by a previously published trajectory; comparing the control error to a threshold value; generating a first plan for the vehicle using an open-loop path planning approach when the control error is below the threshold value or a second plan for the vehicle using a closed-loop path planning approach when the control error is above the threshold value; and causing the vehicle to execute the first or second plan.


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