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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Fling Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph Wisniewski, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Shiqi Qiu, Canton, MI (US);
Imad Hassan Makki, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 2520/00 (2013.01); B60W 2550/141 (2013.01); B60W 2550/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating mode is determined for a vehicle according to respective control states of each of a plurality of vehicle subsystems that include braking, steering, and propulsion. The operating mode is one of manual control, partial manual control, and no manual control. A route for the vehicle is determined based in part on the operating mode.