Vehicle collision severity mitigation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBrandon Beauvais, Scott J. Lauffer
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Abstract
Vehicles can be equipped with a computing device to determine two or more paths of available paths for the vehicle that each include a predicted impact with an object. The computing device can determine a time to impact, vehicle speed and direction and object speed and direction, and an object type. The computing device can also determine a best path of the two or more vehicle paths by determining damage severity based on time to impact, vehicle speed and direction and object speed and direction and control one or more of steering, propulsive torque and braking torque to pilot the vehicle on the best path based on the damage severity.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- based on respective impacts resulting from each of two available paths for a vehicle, determining a best path of the two or more vehicle paths by determining damage severity of each impact based on time to impact, vehicle speed and direction and object speed and direction;
- and
- controlling one or more of steering, propulsive torque and braking torque to pilot the vehicle on the best path based on the damage severity.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- based on respective impacts resulting from each of two available paths for a vehicle, determine a best path of the two or more vehicle paths by determining damage severity of each impact based on time to impact, vehicle speed and direction and object speed and direction;
- and
- control one or more of steering, propulsive torque and braking torque to pilot the vehicle on the best path based on the damage severity.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- based on respective impacts resulting from each of two available paths for a vehicle, determine a best path of the two or more vehicle paths by determining damage severity of each impact based on time to impact, vehicle speed and direction and object speed and direction;
- and
- control one or more of steering, propulsive torque and braking torque to pilot the vehicle on the best path based on the damage severity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.