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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Aric David Shaffer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Prashanth Shankar, Novi, MI (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Laya, Northville, MI (US);
Aric David Shaffer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Prashanth Shankar, Novi, MI (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Laya, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of alerting the driver of a vehicle to a lane departure condition. The method includes operating a lane detection system to detect that the vehicle is experiencing a lane departure condition, operating a sensor to detect background vibration experienced by the vehicle, determining a characteristic making a haptic signal likely to be distinguishable from the background vibration, and operating a haptic signal generator in response to the lane departure condition to deliver to a driver the haptic signal having the characteristic.