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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dorian Jack Spero, Reading, MA (US);
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew Y. Rupp, Canton, MI (US);
Peter Gyumyeong Joh, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An autonomous control system for a vehicle that controls the speed and steering system of the vehicle to operate in a lane-keeping mode or a lane-changing mode. Position sensors sense the location of surrounding vehicles. A lane determining system identifies a current lane where the vehicle is located. A source of oncoming lane course data provides information as to the course of the current lane. A controller provides instructions to the steering system and speed control system to maneuver the vehicle in either the lane-keeping mode or the lane-changing mode. The driver may override the control system by providing a manual input to the steering system or the speed control system.