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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Michael Herman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Alexander George Shanku, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Yashanshu Jain, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2023.12); B60W 40/08 (2011.12); B60W 50/14 (2019.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2012.12); B60W 40/08 (2012.12); B60W 50/14 (2012.12); B60W 2050/146 (2012.12);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive operation data generated by first components of a vehicle; determine that the vehicle is being operated autonomously by an on-board autonomous-operation module based on the operation data without using output from the on-board autonomous-operation module; and upon determining that the vehicle is being operated autonomously, actuate a second component of the vehicle.