US Patent Application 17751939. SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ROUTE OPTIMIZATION USING VISIBILITY CONDITION simplified abstract
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SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ROUTE OPTIMIZATION USING VISIBILITY CONDITION
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Stuart C. Salter of White Lake MI (US)
Brendan F. Diamond of Grosse Pointe MI (US)
Annette Lynn Huebner of Highland MI (US)
Pietro Buttolo of Dearborn Heights MI (US)
Lucretia Williams of Bloomfield Hills MI (US)
SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ROUTE OPTIMIZATION USING VISIBILITY CONDITION - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17751939 titled 'SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ROUTE OPTIMIZATION USING VISIBILITY CONDITION
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a vehicle that has a controller programmed to perform certain functions related to driving assistance features. Here is a simplified explanation of the abstract:
- The vehicle's controller receives a destination from the user.
- It plans multiple routes to the destination.
- The controller obtains visibility condition data for at least a part of each route.
- Based on the visibility condition data, the controller anticipates when a driving assistance feature may need to be activated in a section of one of the routes.
- Once the vehicle arrives at that section, the controller activates the driving assistance feature.
- Importantly, the driving assistance feature is activated while the vehicle is still being manually driven by the user.
In summary, the patent application describes a system in which a vehicle's controller uses visibility condition data to anticipate and activate driving assistance features in specific sections of a route, while the vehicle is still being manually driven by the user.
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle includes a controller programmed to responsive to receiving a destination, plan a plurality of routes to the destination, obtain visibility condition data for at least a part of each of the routes, anticipate an activation of a driving assistance feature in a section of at least one of the routes using the visibility condition data, and responsive to arriving at the section, activate the driving assistance feature while the vehicle is being manually driven by a user.
