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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew Y. Rupp, Canton, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew Waldis, Orion Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2013.01); B60W 2050/008 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first vehicle may receive at least one message from a second vehicle, the message including data provided by the second vehicle. A computing device in the first vehicle is configured to analyze the data of the at least one message to determine that the second vehicle can operate as a lead vehicle. The computing device in the first vehicle is further configured to implement at least one operation in the first vehicle according to the data from the lead vehicle.