18334712. METHOD TO DETECT AND PREVENT ACCIDENTS IN LANE REDUCTIONS USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES (Volvo Car Corporation)
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METHOD TO DETECT AND PREVENT ACCIDENTS IN LANE REDUCTIONS USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
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Inventor(s)
Oswaldo Perez Barrera of Goteborg (SE)
Anders Lennartsson of Goteborg (SE)
METHOD TO DETECT AND PREVENT ACCIDENTS IN LANE REDUCTIONS USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18334712 titled 'METHOD TO DETECT AND PREVENT ACCIDENTS IN LANE REDUCTIONS USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Original Abstract Submitted
An embodiment related to a system comprising a processor, a computer vision module, and a control module; wherein the processor is operable to detect a lane reduction in a nearest disappearing lane; detect a neighboring vehicle and a driving action of the neighboring vehicle in the nearest disappearing lane; detect a license plate of the neighboring vehicle; receive a first signal from the neighboring vehicle for a driving mode; detect a point of lane disappearance in the nearest disappearing lane; determine a time interval for the neighboring vehicle to reach to the point of lane disappearance; execute a risk assessment of a collision based on the driving action and then transmit a control command to an actuator system of a host vehicle based on the risk assessment.
