In-vehicle path verification

US9212926B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Christopher Attard · Ann Arbor, US
• Shane Elwart · Ypsilanti, US
• Jeff Allen Greenberg · Ann Arbor, US
• Rajit Johri · Ann Arbor, US
• John P. Joyce · Beverly Hills, US
• Devinder Singh Kochhar · Ann Arbor, US
• Thomas Edward Pilutti · Ann Arbor, US
• Douglas Scott Rhode · Farmington Hills, US
• Matt Y. Rupp · Canton, US
• John Shutko · Ann Arbor, US
• Roger Arnold Trombley · Ann Arbor, US
• Louis Tijerina · Dearborn, US
• Hongtei Eric Tseng · Canton, US
• Andrew Waldis · Auburn Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 15, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2050/146
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle is operated at least partially autonomously. A predicted path of the vehicle is monitored to identify an object with which the vehicle is likely to collide. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that includes the predicted path, a proposed path for the vehicle to avoid a collision with an object, and the vehicle. A selection is made to follow one of the predicted path and the proposed path. The GUI is updated to include the selected one of the predicted path and the proposed path, along with a location of the vehicle on the selected one of the predicted path and the proposed path.