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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);
Davor David Hrovat, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hongtei Eric Tseng, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/22 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/22 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2300/185 (2013.01); B60W 2550/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a processor with access to a memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include determining whether an autonomous host vehicle can traverse an environmental obstacle, and if the autonomous host vehicle can traverse the environmental obstacle, controlling an active suspension system in accordance with the environmental obstacle and controlling the autonomous host vehicle to traverse the environmental obstacle.