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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohannad Hakeem, Dearborn, MI (US);
Samer Abbas, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B60Q 1/346 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle computer is programmed to: receive data from the first vehicle sensor indicating at least one signal from a second vehicle. The computer is further programmed to determine that the signal is a permission for the first vehicle to change lanes, and to actuate a change of lane of travel of the first vehicle.