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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2008
Stephen Samuel, Troy, MI (US);
Christopher Nave, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
W. Trent Yopp, Canton, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Stephen Samuel, Troy, MI (US);
Christopher Nave, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
W. Trent Yopp, Canton, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided to determine the side-impact collision status of a nearby vehicle or vehicles. If a nearby vehicle has been in a collision, responsive systems may be triggered automatically. Responses may include warning the driver of the host vehicle and/or warning drivers of other vehicles or centralized networks by, among other methods, V2V or V2I communications. Responses may also include automatically triggering countermeasures in the host vehicle.