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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
David Michael Herman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4802 (2013.01); B60Q 1/04 (2013.01); B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); B60Q 1/346 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B62D 15/026 (2013.01); G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60Q 2300/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a value over time derived from a region of sensor data from an optical sensor of a host vehicle; determine that the value over time matches a stored temporal pattern; upon determining that the value over time matches the stored temporal pattern, classify an object at the region as a surface reflecting a signal from an illuminator of an origin vehicle; and actuate a component of the host vehicle based on a classification of the object at the region.