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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2025
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Audrey D. Porter, Warren, MI (US);
Kevin A. O'dea, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method controls a host having an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system by determining predicted lateral positions of the target using a current lateral position and velocity thereof relative to the host and a lane. In response to the positions being reliable, host stability, and the host still following the target, a target deceleration and turning out of the host's path above threshold rates are detected while the host is controlled according to a default closest-in-path (CIP)-based ACC strategy. The default strategy is disabled and the host is controlled as if the target is no longer located in the host's path. The dynamic state is controlled as if the target is no longer located in the host's path when a time-to-contact value is greater than a time threshold, or to a vehicle ahead of the target when the TCC value is less than the time threshold.