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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Eric L. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
Steven Y. Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Thomas M. Mcquade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eric L. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
Steven Y. Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Thomas M. McQuade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The subject of the present invention is a host vehicle that determines a parking angle while backing out of a parking space and employs this parking angle when using a cross traffic alert system. The parking angle is determined based on the trajectories of the host vehicle and a target vehicle. The parking angle is used to determine areas of interest and areas not of interest within the fields of view of vehicle mounted sensors. The areas of interest are those used to determine if cross traffic alerts need to be issued.