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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Ronald Hugh Miller, Saline, MI (US);
Rena Hecht Basch, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Medville Jay Throop, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for sensing a potential collision of a first vehicle ( ) with a second vehicle ( ) that transmits a second position signal. The first vehicle has a pre-crash sensing system ( ) includes a memory ( ) that stores vehicle data and generates a vehicle data signal. A first global positioning system ( ) generates a first position signal corresponding to a position of the first vehicle. A first sensor ( ) generating sensor signals from the first vehicle. A receiver ( ) receives a second position signal and a braking capability signal from the second vehicle. A countermeasure system ( ) is also coupled within the first vehicle. A controller ( ) is coupled to the memory ( ), the global positioning receiver ( ) the first sensor ( ) and the counter measure system ( ). The controller ( ) determines a distance to the second vehicle in as a function of the second position signal, determines a first vehicle trajectory from the first sensor data signal and the position signal. The controller ( ) determines a threat level as a function of the distance, the first vehicle trajectory and the braking capability signal and activates the counter-measure system in response to the threat level.