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US 2019/0096255 A1Published application
Vehicle detection and avoidance
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAaron L. Mills, Gopichandra Surnilla, Chet Hearn
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Abstract
A communication from a second vehicle is received. Upon failing to detect the second vehicle based on first vehicle sensor data, a message indicating a forward collision warning is sent. Upon detecting the second vehicle based on the first vehicle sensor data, the forward collision warning is suppressed and a first vehicle brake is actuated.
Claims20
A system for a first vehicle, comprising a computer programmed to:
- receive a communication from a second vehicle;
- upon failing to detect the second vehicle based on first vehicle sensor data, send a message indicating a forward collision warning;
- and
- upon detecting the second vehicle based on the first vehicle sensor data, suppress the forward collision warning and actuate a first vehicle brake.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a communication from a second vehicle;
- upon failing to detect the second vehicle based on first vehicle sensor data, sending a message indicating a forward collision warning;
- and
- upon detecting the second vehicle based on the first vehicle sensor data, suppressing the forward collision warning and actuating a first vehicle brake.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.