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US 10,093,315 B2Granted
Target vehicle deselection
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsNitendra Nath, Brian Tamm, Aaron L. Mills
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Abstract
To deselect a target vehicle, certain actions are taken by an autonomously operating vehicle. An identified lane is identified. A target vehicle in the identified lane is selected. The target vehicle is determined to be departing the identified lane when an edge of the target vehicle crosses a virtual boundary. The target vehicle is deselected after determining that the target vehicle is departing the identified lane.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a computing device that includes processor and a memory;
- and
- a sensor connected to the computing device;
- the memory of the computing device storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- identify an identified lane based on data from the sensor;
- select, from a host vehicle that includes the computing device and the sensor, a target vehicle in the identified lane;
- establish a model of the identified lane in the form of a virtual lane with the virtual lane having a virtual outer boundary line;
- determine that the target vehicle is departing the identified lane when a vehicle target edge based on data from the sensor crosses the virtual outer boundary line;
- and
- deselect the target vehicle after determining that the target vehicle is departing the identified lane.
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A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- in a computing device, identifying an identified lane based on data from a sensor connected to the computing device;
- selecting, from a host vehicle that includes the computing device and the sensor, a target vehicle in the identified lane;
- establishing a model of the identified lane in the form of a virtual lane with the virtual lane having a virtual outer boundary line;
- determining that the target vehicle is departing the identified lane when a vehicle target edge based on data from the sensor crosses the virtual outer boundary line;
- and
- deselecting the target vehicle after determining that the target vehicle is departing the identified lane.
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