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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2024
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, in response to an initiation of a lane-change mode by a host vehicle, determine a maximum number of timesteps for which at least one constraint on a host kinematic state of the host vehicle and a target kinematic state of at least one target vehicle is satisfiable; and, in response to the maximum number of timesteps exceeding a timestep threshold, actuate a component of the host vehicle to perform a lane change from a current lane of the host vehicle to a target lane adjacent to the current lane.