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Patent No.:

US 9612596 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

May. 05, 2015

Hands-off steering wheel governed by pedestrian detection

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Timothy D. Zwicky, Dearborn, MI (US);

Christopher Scott Nave, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Andy Chuan Hsia, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Levasseur Tellis, Southfield, MI (US);

Reid James Steiger, Franklin, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Frank A. MacKenzie

Bejin Bieneman PLC

Primary Examiner:

Dale W Hilgendorf

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B62D 5/04 (2013.01); B62D 6/00 (2013.01); B62D 6/02 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G08G 1/165 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G01S 2013/935 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9342 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9346 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9353 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle may be steered without a driver's hands being on a vehicle steering control mechanism. A presence of an object within a predetermined distance of the vehicle may be detected using data from at least one object detection sensor that provides data to at least one of a passive safety system, a lane control system, a speed control system, and a brake control system. A steering control mechanism hands-on mode can then be enabled based at least in part on the presence of the object.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Zwicky, Timothy. (2017). Hands-off steering wheel governed by pedestrian detection (U.S. Patent No. 9612596). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9612596

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