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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gerald H. Engelman, Plymouth, MI (US);
Alex Maurice Miller, Canton, MI (US);
Richard Lee Stephenson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Levasseur Tellis, Southfield, MI (US);
Timothy D. Zwicky, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/096708 (2013.01); G08G 1/091 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096741 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an autonomous driving sensor configured to detect a road condition and output at least one road condition signal representing the road condition, an autonomous mode controller configured to control the vehicle according to the at least one road condition signal, and a communication module configured to broadcast the road condition signal.