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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Jeffrey Scott Parks, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paul A. Adam, Milford, MI (US);
Namal P. Kumara, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Harsh Ketan Patel, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous operating mode. One method involves determining a current value for a range of view associated with a sensing device onboard the vehicle, determining a target value for the range of view based at least in part on a speed of the vehicle, and in response to determining the current value is less than the target value, determining a dropback adjustment distance based at least in part on a difference between target value for the range of view and an estimated distance to a closest in path (CIP) vehicle ahead of the vehicle within a current lane of travel, determining a longitudinal trajectory for the vehicle based at least in part on the dropback adjustment distance, and autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the longitudinal trajectory.