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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Junqing Wei, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Wenda Xu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jarrod M. Snider, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An escape-path-planning system to operate an automated vehicle includes an object-detector and a controller. The object-detector is suitable for use on a host-vehicle. The object-detector is used to detect an other-vehicle in an adjacent-lane next to a present-lane traveled by the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the object-detector. The controller is configured to, in response to a lane-change-request, determine a first-route-plan that steers the host-vehicle from the present-lane to the adjacent-lane, determine a second-route-plan that steers the host-vehicle into the present-lane, initiate the first-route-plan when a forecasted-distance between the other-vehicle and the host-vehicle is greater than a distance-threshold, and cancel the first-route-plan and select the second-route-plan when the forecasted-distance between the other-vehicle and the host-vehicle becomes less than the distance-threshold after the first-route-plan is initiated. The second-route-plan is a pre-planned escape-path that is instantly available if needed that provides a smoother travel-experience for an occupant of the host-vehicle.