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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2008
Jihua Huang, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
William C. Lin, Birmingham, MI (US);
Yuen-kwok Chin, Troy, MI (US);
Jihua Huang, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
William C. Lin, Birmingham, MI (US);
Yuen-Kwok Chin, Troy, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on vehicle passing maneuvers. A process determines whether the vehicle has started a lane change from a first lane to a second lane as a first phase of the passing maneuver. If so, the process determines whether the lane change to the second lane has been completed as a second phase of the passing maneuver. If the lane change to the second lane has been completed, the process determines whether there has been a lane change back to the first lane to complete the passing maneuver as a third phase of the passing maneuver. Further, the process determines whether a time threshold has been exceeded after the passing maneuver is in a second phase, but no lane change back to the first lane has occurred.