Method and system for operating adaptive cruise control system
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsAkram M. Abdel-Rahman, Shiv Patel, Ephraim C. Yuen
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for operating an adaptive cruise control system of a host vehicle. The method includes receiving data measured from a plurality of sensors, wherein the measured data relates to one or more target vehicles in the host vehicle's field of view. The method further includes generating a following score for each target vehicle based on the measured data and controlling the host vehicle response based on the following score.
Claims20
A method for operating an adaptive cruise control system of a host vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving data measured from a plurality of sensors, wherein the measured data relates to one or more target vehicles in the host vehicle's field of view;
- generating a following score for each of the one or more target vehicles based on the measured data, wherein the following score represents the driving behavior of a particular target vehicle and indicates a desirability of the host vehicle to follow that target vehicle in a host vehicle equipped with an adaptive cruise control system;
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- controlling a host vehicle response based on the following score.
A control system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a plurality of vehicle sensors configured to measure data relating to one or more target vehicles in the host vehicle's field of view;
- an adaptive cruise control system configured to:
- receive the measured data relating to the one or more target vehicle;
- generate a following score for the one or more target vehicles based on the measured data, wherein the following score represents the driving behavior of a particular target vehicle and indicates a desirability of the host vehicle to follow that target vehicle in a host vehicle equipped with an adaptive cruise control system;
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- control the host vehicle response based on the following score.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.