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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ghassan Atmeh, Detroit, MI (US);
Michael Schoenberg, Seattle, WA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to associate detected objects from sensor data with tracked objects in a tracking list stored in the memory by executing an association model, determine kinematic states of the tracked objects by executing a Bayesian filter, and update which of the tracked objects are stored in the tracking list by executing a track-management model. The association model includes association weights and outputs probabilities that the detected objects are the same as the tracked objects. An association-model gradient of the association model is computable. The association-model gradient is of the probabilities with respect to the association weights. The Bayesian filter includes Bayesian parameters. A Bayesian-filter gradient of the Bayesian filter is computable. The Bayesian-filter gradient is of the kinematic states with respect to the Bayesian parameters. A track-management gradient of the track-management model is computable.