DETERMINING OBJECTS OF INTEREST FOR ACTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20180348768A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15612100

    申请日:2017-06-02

    Abstract: An object-detection system suitable for use on an autonomous vehicle includes a camera, a radar-sensor, and a controller. The camera detects a travel-lane of a roadway traveled by a host-vehicle. The radar-sensor detects targets in a field-of-view of the radar-sensor. The field-of-view includes the roadway, wherein the roadway defines a boundary of the roadway detected by the radar-sensor. The controller is in communication with the camera and the radar-sensor. The controller determines that a collection of targets is a stationary-object that defines a line. The controller classifies the stationary-object as an overpass when the line extends beyond the boundary of the roadway. The controller classifies the stationary-object as an impediment when the line overlays a portion of the travel-lane traveled by the host-vehicle and does not extend beyond the boundary of the roadway.

    AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM FOR SLOW MOVING OBJECTS

    公开(公告)号:US20180345922A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15611257

    申请日:2017-06-01

    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a braking-system suitable for use on an automated vehicle is provided. The braking-system includes a ranging-sensor, a braking-actuator, and a controller in communication with the ranging-sensor and the braking-actuator. The ranging-sensor is used to detect a range-rate, a range, and a direction of an object proximate to a host-vehicle when the object resides in a field-of-view of the ranging-sensor. The field-of-view defines a conflict-zone and a conflict-buffer separate from the conflict-zone. The braking-actuator is used to control movement of the host-vehicle. The controller determines a trail of the object based on the range and the direction. The controller further classifies the object as slow-moving based on a rate-threshold. The controller further determines a tangent-vector based on the trail. The controller activates the braking-actuator when the object is slow-moving, the object is detected within the conflict-buffer, and the tangent-vector intersects the conflict-zone.

    Automatic braking system
    13.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10086809B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15584779

    申请日:2017-05-02

    Abstract: A braking system suitable for use on an automated vehicle includes a ranging-sensor, a braking-actuator, and a controller. The ranging-sensor detects reflections indicative of objects present in a field-of-view proximate to a host-vehicle. The braking-actuator controls movement of the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the ranging-sensor and the braking-actuator. The controller determines a region-of-interest within the field-of-view and defines an occupancy-grid that segregates the field-of-view into an array of grid-cells. The controller further determines a repeatability-of-detection of each of the grid-cells based on reflections detected by the ranging-sensor. The controller further determines that a rigid-object is present in the field-of-view when each of a string of the grid-cells are characterized by the repeatability-of-detection greater than a repeatability-threshold. The controller activates the braking-actuator when the string intersects the region-of-interest.

    DRIVER FATIGUE WARNING SYSTEM
    16.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180365986A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-20

    申请号:US15622277

    申请日:2017-06-14

    Abstract: A driver-fatigue warning system includes a speed-limit-detection-means, a speed-sensor, an alert-device, and a controller. The speed-limit-detection-means detects a speed-limit of a roadway traveled by a host-vehicle. The speed-sensor detects a speed of the host-vehicle. The alert-device is operable to alert an operator of the host-vehicle of driver-fatigue. The controller is in communication with the speed-limit-detection-means, the speed-sensor, and the alert-device. The controller determines a change of the speed-limit of the roadway based on the speed-limit-detection-means. The controller determines that a speed-change has occurred based on the speed-sensor when a variation in the speed is greater than a variation-threshold. The controller does not increment a count of occurrences of the speed-change when the speed-change correlates with the change of the speed-limit, and activates the alert-device when the count of occurrences of the speed-change exceeds a change-threshold indicative of driver-fatigue.

    AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM
    17.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180154871A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-07

    申请号:US15369980

    申请日:2016-12-06

    Abstract: A braking-system suitable for use on an automated vehicle includes a ranging-sensor, a braking-actuator and a controller in communication with the ranging-sensor and the braking-actuator. The ranging-sensor is used to detect an object proximate to a host-vehicle when the object resides in a field-of-view of the ranging-sensor. The field-of-view defines a bottom-edge of the field-of-view and a boundary of a conflict-zone, where the boundary corresponds to a portion of the bottom-edge. The a braking-actuator used to control movement of the host-vehicle. The controller determines a height of the object, determines a distance to the object, determines a range-rate of the object when the object is in the field-of-view, and activates the braking-actuator when an estimated-distance to the object is less than a distance-threshold, the height of the object is greater than a height-threshold, and the object has crossed the boundary and thereby enters the conflict-zone.

    AUTOMATED VEHICLE CROSS-TRAFFIC DETECTION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180122243A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15339175

    申请日:2016-10-31

    Abstract: A cross traffic detection system suitable for use on an automated vehicle includes an object-detector, an alert-device, and a controller. The object detector is used to determine locations of moving objects relative to a host vehicle. The alert device is used to alert an operator of the host vehicle to the location of the moving objects. The controller is in communication with the object detector and the alert device. The controller determines a first trail of a first moving object based on the locations of the first moving object, and determines a road model based on a polynomial of the first trail. The controller also determines a second trail of a second moving object, assigns a lane number to the second moving object based on the road model, and activates the alert device when the path of the second moving object resides in the lane-number overlain by a conflict zone.

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