US Patent Application 17751786. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICULAR CONTROL WHILE FOLLOWING A VEHICLE simplified abstract
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICULAR CONTROL WHILE FOLLOWING A VEHICLE
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Jose I. Herrero Zarzosa of Powell OH (US)
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICULAR CONTROL WHILE FOLLOWING A VEHICLE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17751786 titled 'SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICULAR CONTROL WHILE FOLLOWING A VEHICLE
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a vehicle equipped with sensors and a vehicle controller that can detect and follow another vehicle on the road. Here are the key points:
- The vehicle has multiple sensors, including a primary sensor.
- The vehicle controller collects sensor information from these sensors.
- It can detect the presence of a vehicle ahead in the direction of travel.
- It can also detect the taillights of the detected vehicle using the sensor information.
- The controller calculates the distance between the taillights of the detected vehicle.
- Based on this distance and the sensor information, it calculates a following distance between the two vehicles.
- The controller can also detect lane markings using the sensor information.
- It adjusts the steering of the vehicle to follow the detected vehicle based on the lane markings and the calculated following distance.
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a plurality of sensors including a first sensor. The vehicle also includes a vehicle controller. The vehicle controller is programmed to (i) collect a plurality of sensor information; (ii) detect a first vehicle ahead of the vehicle in a direction of travel of the vehicle; (iii) detect two or more taillights of the first vehicle based on the plurality of sensor information; (iv) determine a distance between the two or more taillights; (v) calculate a following distance between the first vehicle and the vehicle based on the distance between the two or more taillights and the plurality of sensor information; (vi) detect a plurality of lane markings based on the plurality of sensor information; and (vii) adjust steering of the vehicle to follow the first vehicle based on the plurality of lane markings and the following distance.
