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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
May. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brett Stephens, Detroit, MI (US);
Jonathan Thomas Mullen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shane Elwart, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G08G 1/096827 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for routing a vehicle includes identifying one or more driving routes between a current location of a vehicle and a destination. The method includes determining a route cost for the one or more driving routes based on lane marking quality of a roadway within a corresponding driving route. The method includes selecting a route of the one or more routes with a lowest route cost. The method includes providing information about the route to a driver or control system for following the route.