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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2024
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Wei Tong, Troy, MI (US);
Donald K. Grimm, Utica, MI (US);
Xiaofeng F. Song, Novi, MI (US);
Shuqing Zeng, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Julien P. Mourou, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Charles R. Quinn, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Presented are smart vehicle systems and control logic that provide automated lane merging assistance, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such systems. A method of operating a motor vehicle includes a vehicle controller communicating with a host vehicle tracking device to receive therefrom location data indicative of the motor vehicle's current location. Using this location data and a digital roadway map, the controller maps the motor vehicle's location to a vehicle roadway and concomitantly detects a lane merging event responsive to the host vehicle's location coinciding with a roadway segment that is merging with another roadway lane segment at a lane merging point. Responsive to detecting a lane merging event, the controller determines a new mirror angle for a driver mirror and concurrently commands a mirror actuator to move the driver mirror to the new mirror angle prior to the motor vehicle reaching the lane merging point.