Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous vehicle operation based on interactive model predictive control
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Application No.: US15057233Application Date: 2016-03-01
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Publication No.: US10239529B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Dimitar Petrov Filev , Jianbo Lu , Davor D. Hrovat
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. McKenzie
- Main IPC: B60W10/04
- IPC: B60W10/04 ; B60W10/20 ; B60W30/18 ; B60W10/18 ; G05D1/00 ; B60W50/00 ; B60W10/184 ; B60W40/04 ; G08G1/0967

Abstract:
A system includes a computing device programmed to receive a set of goals for a vehicle and identify a travel area for the vehicle for a time period. The computing device receives data indicating predictability of driving conditions of the travel area and determines that the predictability is sufficient to control the vehicle according to model predictive control. Controlling the vehicle includes determining instructions to control actuators related to the steering, propulsion and braking of the vehicle to minimize a cost function. The instructions are implemented for a first time slot. The time period is updated to remove the first time slot at the beginning and include an additional time slot at the end of the predetermined time period. The computing device determines an updated control solution, and implements the updated control solution for a second time slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170253241A1 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION BASED ON INTERACTIVE MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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