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Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2003
Applicants:

Gerald H. Engelman, Plymouth, MI (US);

Jonas Ekmark, Olofstorp, SE;

Levasseur Tellis, Southfield, MI (US);

M. Nabeel Tarabishy, Walled Lake, MI (US);

Gyu Myeong Joh, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Roger A. Trombley, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Robert E. Williams, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Gerald H. Engelman, Plymouth, MI (US);

Jonas Ekmark, Olofstorp, SE;

Levasseur Tellis, Southfield, MI (US);

M. Nabeel Tarabishy, Walled Lake, MI (US);

Gyu Myeong Joh, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Roger A. Trombley, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Robert E. Williams, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods of performing threat assessment of objects for a vehicle include detecting an object. Kinematics of the vehicle and of the object are determined. A brake threat number and a steering threat number are determined in response to the kinematics of the vehicle and the object. The threat posed by the object is determined in response to the brake threat number and the steering threat number.


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