Vehicle underride impact detection systems and methods
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Swadad A. Carremm, Clara Bennie
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Abstract
Devices and methods are disclosed for detecting or predicting an underride impact. An example vehicle includes a camera for capturing an image of a target vehicle, sensors for detecting a speed and heading of the vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a target vehicle classification, determine an open space of the target vehicle, determine a closing speed between the vehicle and target vehicle, predict an underride impact based on the classification, open space, and closing speed, and responsively execute an impact action.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a camera for capturing an image of a target vehicle;
- sensors for detecting a speed and heading of the vehicle;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine a target vehicle classification;
- determine an open space of the target vehicle;
- responsive to determining the target vehicle classification as a semi-truck, determine a boundary of the open space without considering an underride guard of the target vehicle as the boundary of the open space;
- determine a closing speed between the vehicle and target vehicle;
- predict an underride impact based on the classification, open space, and closing speed;
- and
- responsively execute an impact action.
A method comprising:
- capturing a target vehicle image with a camera of a vehicle;
- detecting a speed and heading of the vehicle;
- determining a target vehicle classification;
- determining an open space of the target vehicle;
- responsive to determining the target vehicle classification as a semi-truck, determining a boundary of the open space without considering an underride guard of the target vehicle as the boundary of the open space;
- determining a closing speed between the vehicle and the target vehicle;
- predicting an underride impact based on the classification, open space, and closing speed;
- and
- responsively executing an impact action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.