# US 10,120,385 B2 · Comfort ride vehicle control system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,385 B2 - Document ID: US10120385B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/085,756 - Filed: 2016-03-30 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-30 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Patrick L. Connor - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120385B2 ## CPC - B60W 60/0016: {of the vehicle or its occupants} - B60W 10/04: including control of propulsion units - B60W 10/184: with wheel brakes - B60W 10/22: including control of suspension systems - B60W 30/025: {related to comfort of drivers or passengers} - B60W 30/085: Taking automatic action to adjust vehicle attitude in preparation for collision, e.g. braking for nose dropping - B60W 30/09: Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering - B60W 40/04: Traffic conditions - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - G05D 1/00: Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00) - G05D 1/617: Safety or protection, e.g. defining protection zones around obstacles or avoiding hazards (arrangements for controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles for avoiding collisions therebetween G05D1/693; arrangements for reacting to or preventing system or operator failure G05D1/80) - B60W 2050/0075: {Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means} - B60W 2540/043: Identity of occupants - B60W 2556/45: External transmission of data to or from the vehicle - B60W 2720/18: Roll - G01S 13/931: of land vehicles - G01S 15/931: of land vehicles - G01S 17/931: of land vehicles - G01S 2013/9316: {combined with communication equipment with other vehicles or with base stations} - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ## Abstract Various systems and methods for providing a vehicle control system are described herein. A system for managing a vehicle comprises: a vehicle control system of a vehicle having access to a network, including: a communication module to interface with at least one of: a mobile device, the vehicle, and environmental sensors coupled to the vehicle; and a configuration module to identify a mitigation operation to be taken when predetermined factors exist; wherein the vehicle control system is to identify a potential obstacle in a travel route of the vehicle and initiate a mitigation operation at the vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for managing a vehicle, the system comprising: a vehicle control system of a vehicle having access to a network, including: a communication module to interface with at least one of: a mobile device, the vehicle, and environmental sensors coupled to the vehicle; and a configuration module to identify a mitigation operation to be taken when predetermined factors exist; wherein the vehicle control system is to: identify a potential obstacle in a travel route of the vehicle, wherein to identify the potential obstacle, the vehicle control system is to: access a database of obstacles using the communication module, each obstacle including a geographical position; and identify the potential obstacle using the geographical position of the potential obstacle and a geographical position of the vehicle; validate that the potential obstacle still exists using an imaging technique before engaging the mitigation operation; and initiate a mitigation operation at the vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the database of obstacles is populated, at least in part, by a community of drivers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the database of obstacles includes information of relevant locations of a driver of the vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the mitigation operation comprises: guiding the vehicle to avoid the potential obstacle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the mitigation operation comprises: alerting a passenger of the vehicle of the potential obstacle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the mitigation operation comprises: applying brakes to slow the vehicle down and reduce the impact of the vehicle with the potential obstacle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the mitigation operation comprises: adjusting a suspension setting of the vehicle to reduce the impact of the vehicle with the potential obstacle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the mitigation operation comprises: adjusting a suspension setting of the vehicle to reduce body roll of the vehicle; and guiding the vehicle around the potential obstacle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle control system is to: save the potential obstacle to an obstacle database. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the obstacle database is stored in a cloud service available to other drivers. ### Claim 11 A method of managing a vehicle, the method comprising: identifying at an onboard vehicle control system in a vehicle, a potential obstacle in a travel route of the vehicle, wherein identifying the potential obstacle includes: accessing a database of obstacles, each obstacle including a geographical position, and identifying the potential obstacle using the geographical position of the potential obstacle and a geographical position of the vehicle; validating that the potential obstacle still exists using an imaging technique before engaging the mitigation operation; and initiating a mitigation operation at the vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein identifying the potential obstacle comprises: accessing a database of obstacles, each obstacle including a geographical position; and identifying the potential obstacle using the geographical position of the potential obstacle and a geographical position of the vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the database of obstacles is populated, at least in part, by a community of drivers. ### Claim 14 At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to: identify a potential obstacle in a travel route of the vehicle, by: accessing a database of obstacles, each obstacle including a geographical position, and identifying the potential obstacle using the geographical position of the potential obstacle and a geographical position of the vehicle; validate that the potential obstacle still exists using an imaging technique before engaging the mitigation operation; and initiate a mitigation operation at the vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions to identify the potential obstacle includes instructions to: access a database of obstacles, each obstacle including a geographical position; and identify the potential obstacle using the geographical position of the potential obstacle and a geographical position of the vehicle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the mitigation operation comprises: adjusting a suspension setting of the vehicle to reduce the impact of the vehicle with the potential obstacle.