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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Karl Bidner, Livonia, MI (US);
Timothy Joseph Clark, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/056 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/023 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); G08G 1/056 (2013.01); G08G 1/162 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08C 23/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Infrared light is detected in a vehicle computer via an infrared sensor from a source outside the host vehicle. The computer can further determine that the infrared light was generated from a source in a second vehicle, detect the second vehicle based at least partly on the detected infrared light and possibly also partly on input from a host vehicle collision detection sensor.