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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Freddy Rayes, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/14 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/143 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); B60K 2310/244 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9353 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9375 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling the speed of a host vehicle during an on-ramp merging situation. One method includes identifying a position of an upcoming on-ramp merging with a lane where the host vehicle is currently traveling based on lane markings identified in an image captured by a forward-facing image sensor mounted on the host vehicle, detecting a merging vehicle on the upcoming on-ramp, and determining a speed of the merging vehicle. The method also includes automatically, at a control unit, adjusting a speed of the host vehicle based on the speed of the merging vehicle.