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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2022
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

William Creighton, Northville, MI (US);

Michael Hafner, San Carlos, CA (US);

Andrew Fallon, Berkley, MI (US);

Timothy Zwicky, Dearborn, MI (US);

Abhishek Sharma, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/146 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/181 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0028 (2013.01); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory. The computer is programmed to determine a target location for a vehicle; based on a vehicle speed and a distance to the target location, determine a tunable acceleration parameter; determine a constraint, based on the tunable acceleration parameter, for a control barrier function to that outputs an acceleration to stop the vehicle at the target location; and upon solving the control barrier function to satisfy the constraint, actuate the vehicle to decelerate based on the acceleration output from the control barrier function.


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