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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
May. 10, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ozgenur Kavas Torris, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brandon M. Dawson, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Xiaolin Cai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yan Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mohammad Reza Amini, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Erol Dogan Sumer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
While operating a host vehicle in a lane of a road, a target vehicle operating in the lane in front of the host vehicle is represented with a virtual vehicle. Upon receiving, from an infrastructure element, operation data describing vehicle operation for the road, acceleration of the target vehicle is predicted based on the operation data. An adjustment to a speed for the virtual vehicle is determined based on the acceleration. The virtual vehicle is updated based on the adjustment to the speed. Upon determining that the virtual vehicle is between the target vehicle and the host vehicle, the host vehicle is operated based on the virtual vehicle.