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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Aamrapali Chatterjee, Okemos, MI (US);
Chad T. Zagorski, Clarkston, MI (US);
Paul R. Williams, Northville, MI (US);
Aamrapali Chatterjee, Okemos, MI (US);
Chad T. Zagorski, Clarkston, MI (US);
Paul R. Williams, Northville, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle collision warning system and method may be used to detect a potential or impending collision with another vehicle and to send a corresponding warning to the driver. In an exemplary embodiment, the collision warning system uses one or more target vehicle readings (e.g., a relative velocity reading (Δv), a target vehicle acceleration reading (a), and a relative distance reading or range (Δd)) to solve a unified collision warning algorithm. If the unified collision warning algorithm determines that there is a potential collision with the target vehicle, then the system sends a corresponding warning to the driver.