Turned-wheel detection for yielding during low-speed lane changes
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSomudro GUPTA
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Abstract
Systems, components, and methodologies are provided for improvements in operation of automotive vehicles by enabling monitoring analysis and reaction to subtle sources of information that aid in prediction and response of vehicle control systems across a range of automation levels. Such systems, components, and methodologies include wheel-turn detection equipment for detecting a wheel angle of another vehicle to trigger a vehicle control system to perform an operation based on the detected wheel angle of the other vehicle.
Claims36
An automotive vehicle for operation on roadways, the automotive vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle base including a chassis and a drive train coupled to the chassis to propel the chassis along the roadways, and
- a vehicle control system for controlling operation of the vehicle on the roadways, the vehicle control system being mounted to the vehicle base and in communication with the drive train and including wheel-turn detection means for detecting a wheel angle of another vehicle to trigger the vehicle control system to perform an operation based on the detected wheel angle of the another vehicle, wherein the operation of the vehicle control system comprises issuing an alert to a driver of the vehicle and/or controlling operation of the vehicle to yield in response to determination that the another vehicle intends to change lanes.
(canceled)
A method of operating an automotive vehicle on a roadway,
- the method comprising:
- detecting a current wheel angle of another vehicle on the roadway;
- and
- triggering a vehicle operation based on the detected wheel angle of the another vehicle, wherein the vehicle operation comprises issuing an alert to a driver of the vehicle and/or controlling operation of the vehicle to yield in response to determination that the another vehicle intends to change lanes.
(canceled)
An automotive vehicle for operation on roadways, the
- automotive vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle base including a chassis and a drive train coupled to the chassis to propel the chassis along the roadways, and
- a vehicle control system for controlling operation of the vehicle on the roadways, the vehicle control system being mounted to the vehicle base and in communication with the drive train and including a wheel-turn detection device configured to detect a wheel angle of another vehicle and to communicate an indication of the detected wheel angle with the vehicle control system to perform an operation based on the detected wheel angle of the another vehicle, wherein the operation of the vehicle control system comprises issuing an alert to a driver of the vehicle and/or controlling operation of the vehicle to yield in response to determination that the another vehicle intends to change lanes.
A vehicle operation system for
- determining the wheel angle of vehicles on a roadway, the wheel-turn detection system comprising:
- a vehicle control system for controlling operation of an automotive vehicle on the roadways,
- a wheel-turn detection device in communication with the vehicle control system, the wheel-turn detection device being configured to detect a wheel angle of another vehicle on the roadway and to communicate an indication of the detected wheel angle of the another vehicle with the vehicle control system to trigger an operation based on the detected wheel angle of the another vehicle, wherein the triggered operation comprises issuing an alert to a driver of the vehicle and/or controlling operation of the vehicle to yield in response to determination that the another vehicle intends to change lanes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.