Vehicle operation along planned path
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsLUKE NIEWIADOMSKI, LI XU, HAMID M. GOLGIRI
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Abstract
For a vehicle at a first location, a blind zone is defined that is outside fields of view of available vehicle sensors. A path is determined that avoids the blind zone and moves the vehicle away from the first location. The path includes a straight portion having a first end at the first location, and a turning portion starting at a second end of the straight portion. The straight portion is defined such that, at the second end of the straight portion, the fields of view encompass the blind zone. The vehicle is determined to operate along the turning portion based on obtaining sensor data from the blind zone upon reaching the end of the straight portion.
Claims20
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- for a vehicle at a first location, define a blind zone that is outside fields of view of available vehicle sensors;
- determine a path that avoids the blind zone and moves the vehicle away from the first location, the path including a straight portion having a first end at the first location, and a turning portion starting at a second end of the straight portion, wherein the straight portion is defined such that, at the second end of the straight portion, the fields of view encompass the blind zone;
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- determine to operate the vehicle along the turning portion based on obtaining sensor data from the blind zone upon reaching the end of the straight portion.
A method, comprising:
- for a vehicle at a first location, defining a blind zone that is outside fields of view of available vehicle sensors;
- determining a path that avoids the blind zone and moves the vehicle away from the first location, the path including a straight portion starting at the first location, and a turning portion starting at an end of the straight portion, wherein the straight portion is defined such that, at the end of the straight portion the fields of view encompass the blind zone;
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- determining to operate the vehicle along the turning portion based on obtaining sensor data from the blind zone upon reaching the end of the straight portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.