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US 10,703,366 B2Granted
Inhibiting highway assist mode
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsXingping Chen, Kevin Wegienka, Shane Elwart, Bo Wu, Aaron L. Mills
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Abstract
A computer for a vehicle is described. The computer includes a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include, to: determine a trigger to initiate a highway assist mode; based on the determined trigger, determine vehicle-location data; and based on the data, inhibit initiation of the mode.
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A computer, comprising:
- a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions comprising, to:
- prior to initiating a highway assist mode that adjusts a speed of a vehicle, determine a type of roadway upon which the vehicle is moving based on detecting that the speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold for a predetermined duration of time;
- determine a location of the vehicle based on one or more vehicle-location data;
- verify the vehicle is one of (a) on an expressway, or (b) not on an expressway based on the location of the vehicle and the determined roadway type;
- and
- then, upon verifying that the vehicle is on the expressway, initiate the highway assist mode, and upon verifying that the vehicle is not on the expressway, inhibit initiation of the highway assist mode.
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A method, comprising:
- prior to initiating a highway assist mode that adjusts a speed of a vehicle, determining, at a computer in a vehicle, a type of roadway upon which the vehicle is moving based on detecting that the speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold for a predetermined duration of time;
- determining a location of the vehicle based on one or more vehicle-location data;
- verifying the vehicle is one of (a) on an expressway, or (b) not on an expressway based on the location of the vehicle and the determined roadway type;
- and
- then, upon verifying that the vehicle is on the expressway, initiating the highway assist mode, and upon verifying that the vehicle is not on the expressway, inhibiting initiation of the highway assist mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.