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US 10,377,383 B2Granted
Vehicle lane change
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsOliver Lei, Allen R. Murray
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Abstract
A system includes a processor. The system includes a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify a relative area within a specified distance from a first vehicle and free of another vehicle, identify a second vehicle within a second specified distance of the relative area, transmit the relative area to the second vehicle, and navigate the first vehicle to the relative area within a specified time.
Claims20
A system, comprising a processor;
- and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- identify, based on data from a sensor of a first vehicle, a relative area in a lane adjacent the first vehicle, the relative area having a length and being within a specified distance from the first vehicle and free of another vehicle;
- identify a second vehicle within a second specified distance of the relative area;
- transmit the relative area to the second vehicle;
- and
- navigate the first vehicle to the relative area in the adjacent lane and within a specified time.
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A system comprising:
- a vehicle sensor;
- a propulsion system;
- a steering system;
- and
- a computer in communication with the vehicle sensor, the propulsion system, and the steering system, the computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- identify, based on information from the vehicle sensor, a relative area in a lane adjacent a first vehicle, the relative area having a length and being within a specified distance from the first vehicle and free of another vehicle;
- identify a second vehicle within a second specified distance of the relative area;
- transmit the relative area to the second vehicle;
- and
- actuate the propulsion system and the steering system to navigate the first vehicle to the relative area in the lane adjacent the first vehicle within a specified time.
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A method, comprising:
- identifying a relative area in a lane adjacent a first vehicle and within a specified distance from the first vehicle and free of another vehicle;
- identifying a second vehicle within a second specified distance of the relative area;
- transmitting the relative area to the second vehicle;
- and
- navigating the first vehicle to the relative area in the lane adjacent the first vehicle within a specified time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.