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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dale Scott Crombez, Livonia, MI (US);
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matt Y. Rupp, Canton, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew Waldis, Orion Township, MI (US);
Peter Francis Worrel, Troy, MI (US);
Wilford Trent Yopp, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer in a vehicle is configured to operate the vehicle in at least one of an autonomous and a semi-autonomous mode. The computer is further configured to detect at least one condition of a roadway being traveled by the vehicle, the condition comprising at least one of a restricted lane, a restricted zone, a construction zone, and accident area, an incline, a hazardous road surface. The computer is further configured to determine at least one autonomous action based on the condition, the at least one autonomous action including at least one of altering a speed of the vehicle, controlling vehicle steering, controlling vehicle lighting, transitioning the vehicle to manual control, and controlling a distance of the vehicle from an object.