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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Bauer, Berlin, DE;
Peter W. A. Zegelaar, Heerlen, NL;
Guido Weitkus, Cologne, DE;
Andreas Puetz, Kelmis, BE;
Patrick Piastowski, Herne, DE;
Benjamin Maus, Düsseldorf, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0059 (2020.02); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
Practicing a takeover of vehicle control of a vehiclefrom an autonomous mode includes generating a takeover command for performing the takeover of the vehicle control without the existence of a reason for a takeover, and outputting the takeover command to a driver of the vehicle, wherein information about the non-existence of a reason for takeover is not output to the driver.