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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);
Stephen W. Rouhana, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An environment monitor has a plurality of sensors for detecting predetermined safety risks associated with a plurality of potential destination regions around a vehicle as the vehicle moves over a roadway. The environment monitor selects one of the potential destination regions having a substantially lowest safety risk as a target area. A path determination unit assembles a plurality of plausible paths between the vehicle and the target area, monitors predetermined safety risks associated with the plurality of plausible paths, and selects one of the plausible paths having a substantially lowest safety risk as a target path. An impact detector detects an impact between the vehicle and another object. A stability control is configured to autonomously steer the vehicle onto the target path when the impact is detected.