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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2012.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60T 2201/02 (2013.01); B60W 2550/302 (2013.01); B60W 2550/308 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a following space management unit of a host vehicle for managing a following space are disclosed. The following space management unit obtains a set of parameters including one or more of a difference parameter, indicating a difference between a velocity of the host vehicle and a speed limit for the host vehicle at a current location, and a road marking parameter, indicating whether a surrounding vehicle is allowed to enter the current lane. The following space management unit determines the following space based on the set of parameters.