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US 2025/0153737 A1Published application
Rock kick up recognition system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBrendan F. DIAMOND, Anthony MARALDO, Keith WESTON
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Abstract
A vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data; and a controller programmed to: responsive to receiving the sensor data indicative of rocks being propelled off the ground, perform a vehicle operation to protect the vehicle from the propelled rocks.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data;
- and
- a controller programmed to:
- responsive to receiving the sensor data indicative of rocks being propelled off the ground, perform a vehicle operation to protect the vehicle from the propelled rocks.
1 more element
A method for a vehicle, comprising:
- responsive to detecting a leading automobile driving ahead of the vehicle at a first distance is propelling rocks by tires, outputting a recommendation to a vehicle user to increase the first distance to protect the vehicle from the propelled rocks.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instruction, when executed by one or more controllers of a vehicle, cause the vehicle to:
- detect, via one or more sensors, presence of rocks on a route to be traversed by the vehicle, wherein the rocks are associated with a density above a threshold indicative of an increased likelihood of being propelled by tires of the vehicle;
- and
- in response to the presence, perform a vehicle operation to protect the vehicle from the rocks, the vehicle operation including reducing a speed of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.