Autonomous control in a dense vehicle environment
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMatt Y. Rupp, Gerald H. Engelman, Alex Maurice Miller, Timothy D. Zwicky, Levasseur Tellis, Richard Lee Stephenson
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Abstract
A computer in a first vehicle is programmed to receive a first set of data from at least one sensor in the first vehicle and to receive a second set of data from at least one second vehicle. The second set of data is from at least one sensor in the at least one second vehicle. The computer is further programmed to use both the first set of data and the second set of data to identify at least one feature of a road being traversed by the first vehicle.
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A method implemented in a computer in a first vehicle, the computer being configured to operate the vehicle in an autonomous mode, the method comprising:
- receiving a first set of data from at least one sensor in the first vehicle;
- receiving a plurality of sets of data including at least a second set of data from a second vehicle and a third set of data from a third vehicle, wherein the at least second and third sets of data are respectively from at least one sensor in the second vehicle and third vehicle;
- analyzing the first and at least second and third sets of data using statistical techniques;
- generating a virtual map of a probable environment around the first vehicle based on the analysis;
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- predicting a path of the first vehicle based on the virtual map.
A system, comprising a computer in a vehicle, the computer programmed to operate the vehicle in an autonomous mode and comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the computer is further programmed to:
- receive a first set of data from at least one sensor in the first vehicle;
- receive a plurality of sets of data including at least a second set of data from a second vehicle and a third set of data from a third vehicle, wherein the at least second and third sets of data are respectively from at least one sensor in the second vehicle and third vehicle;
- analyzing the first and at least second and third sets of data using statistical techniques;
- generating a virtual map of a probable environment around the first vehicle based on the analysis;
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- predicting a path of the first vehicle based on the virtual map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.