Automated Vehicle Response To Imminent Rear-End Collision
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMichael H. Laur, Indu Vijayan
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Abstract
A system for automated operation of a host-vehicle includes a vehicle-control device, an object-detection device, and a controller. The vehicle-control device is operable to control one or more of acceleration of the host-vehicle, braking of the host-vehicle, and steering of the host-vehicle. The object-detection device is operable to detect a rearward-vehicle located behind the host-vehicle. The controller is configured to determine when the object-detection device indicates that a rear-end collision into the host-vehicle by the rearward-vehicle is imminent, and operate the vehicle-control device to reduce the effect of the rear-end collision experienced by an operator of the host-vehicle when the rear-end collision is imminent.
Claims15
A system for automated operation of a host-vehicle, said system comprising:
- a vehicle-control device operable to control one or more of acceleration of the host-vehicle, braking of the host-vehicle, and steering of the host-vehicle;
- an object-detection device operable to detect a rearward-vehicle located behind the host-vehicle;
- a controller configured to determine when the object-detection device indicates that a rear-end collision into the host-vehicle by the rearward-vehicle is imminent, and operate the vehicle-control device to reduce the effect of the rear-end collision experienced by an operator of the host-vehicle when the rear-end collision is imminent.
A system for automated operation of a host-vehicle, said system comprising:
- an object-detection device operable to detect a rearward-vehicle located behind a host-vehicle;
- a controller configured to determine when the object-detection devices indicates that a rear-end collision by the rearward-vehicle into the host-vehicle is imminent, and operate the host-vehicle to reduce the effect of the rear-end collision on an occupant of the host-vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to maintain a separation-distance greater than a threshold-distance between the host-vehicle and a forward-vehicle located in front of the host-vehicle when the rear-end collision is not imminent, and decrease the separation-distance to less than the threshold-distance when the rear-end collision with the rearward-vehicle is imminent.
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