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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2024
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Chandra Sekhar Talluri, Brighton, MI (US);
Shu Chen, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Donald K. Grimm, Utica, MI (US);
David A Craig, Owasso, OK (US);
Darren Ghiso, Birmingham, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling the operation of a vehicle includes a controller and a command unit. The command unit is adapted to generate a respective paving status of a respective pathway based on aggregated vehicle trajectories of a plurality of vehicles traversing the respective pathway, including extracting respective coordinates and respective trajectories of the plurality of vehicles over a predefined time period. The command unit is adapted to determine respective lateral distances between the plurality of vehicles and a centerline in the respective pathway. The respective pathway is designated as an unpaved pathway when one or more predefined conditions based on the respective lateral distances are met. The unpaved pathway is defined by an absence of centerline markings. The controller is adapted to retrieve the respective paving status and control the operation of the vehicle when the vehicle is traversing the unpaved pathway.