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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Hafner, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mohit Srinivasan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abhishek Sharma, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mrdjan J. Jankovic, Birmingham, MI (US);
Dogan Sumer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alexander Jaeckel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aakar Mehra, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting a road surface includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a virtual boundary for a vehicle body based on a shape of the vehicle body, to identify one or more objects based on vehicle sensor data, based on the identified one or more objects, the determined virtual boundary, and an input to at least one of propulsion, steering, or braking, to determine at least one of a braking override or a steering override, and based on the determination, to perform at least one of adjusting a vehicle steering and a vehicle speed.