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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Hanson, Livonia, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/12 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B62D 15/0265 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01); G01C 21/12 (2013.01); G01C 21/3826 (2020.08); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); B60W 2710/22 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); B60W 2720/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example vehicle can include a sensor platform and a controller that is configured to determine an object that is in front of the vehicle, determine the object as a hazard by at least one of determining, using dead reckoning, that the object is in a path of travel of the vehicle that will cause the object to travel under a restricted zone of the vehicle and/or the object has a height that is higher than a vehicle ride height.