Method for completing overtake maneuvers in variant traffic conditions

A system comprising:

• a sensor array comprising one or more sensors of a host vehicle, the sensor array configured to generate vehicle sensor data pertaining to a target vehicle in proximity to the host vehicle;
• and
• a processor coupled to the sensor array and configured to at least facilitate:
• beginning an overtake maneuver for the host vehicle with an initial increase in velocity for the host vehicle when conditions for an overtake of the target vehicle by the host vehicle are initially determined by the processor to be valid;
• subsequent to the beginning of the overtake maneuver, determining whether the conditions for the overtake of the target vehicle are still valid, based on updated sensor data reflecting variant traffic conditions;
• and
• further controlling the overtake maneuver based on the determining as to whether the conditions for the overtake of the target vehicle are still valid, by:
• calculating, via the processor, a further increase in velocity that would be required to successfully complete the overtake maneuver;
• and
• selectively completing the overtake maneuver based on whether the further increase in velocity, in combination with the initial increase in velocity, would exceed a pre-set velocity as selected by a user of the host vehicle by an amount that is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum velocity change threshold that is stored in a memory of the host vehicle.

A host vehicle comprising:

• a body;
• a drive system configured to generate movement of the body;
• a sensor array comprising one or more sensors of the host vehicle, the sensor array configured to generate vehicle sensor data pertaining to a target vehicle in proximity to the host vehicle;
• and
• a processor coupled to the sensor array and configured to at least facilitate:
• beginning an overtake maneuver for the host vehicle, via instructions provided to the drive system, with an initial increase in velocity for the host vehicle, when conditions for an overtake of the target vehicle by the host vehicle are initially determined by the processor to be valid;
• subsequent to the beginning of the overtake maneuver, determining via the processor whether the conditions for the overtake of the target vehicle are still valid, based on updated sensor data reflecting variant traffic conditions;
• and
• further controlling the overtake maneuver based on the determining as to whether the conditions for the overtake of the target vehicle are still valid, by:
• calculating, via the processor, a further increase in velocity that would be required to successfully complete the overtake maneuver;
• and
• selectively completing the overtake maneuver based on whether the further increase in velocity, in combination with the initial increase in velocity, would exceed a pre-set velocity selected by a user of the host vehicle by an amount that is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum velocity change threshold that is stored in a memory of the host vehicle.