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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Applicants:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Somudro Gupta, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignees:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); G06G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 2550/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); B60W 2550/20 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, components, and methodologies are provided for improvements in operation of automotive vehicles by enabling monitoring analysis and reaction to subtle sources of information that aid in prediction and response of vehicle control systems across a range of automation levels. Such systems, components, and methodologies include wheel-turn detection equipment for detecting a wheel angle of another vehicle to trigger a vehicle control system to perform an operation based on the detected wheel angle of the other vehicle.