US 11,851,058 B2
Enhanced vehicle operation
Akshat Rajvanshi, Novi, MI (US); Benjamin Maus, Düsseldorf (DE); Jens Kotte, Geilenkirchen (DE); and Nitendra Nath, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/369,310.
Claims priority of application No. 102020209353.9 (DE), filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024454 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 50/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/143 (2013.01) [B60W 50/06 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2554/804 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling a host vehicle, comprising:
detecting, via a sensor, at least one object in a direction of movement ahead of the host vehicle;
determining a current sensor range based on the detected at least one object;
determining a maximum sensor range based on the sensor;
comparing the current sensor range with the maximum sensor range; and
upon determining the current sensor range is less than the maximum sensor range by at least a predetermined threshold, updating a driving parameter of the host vehicle based on the current sensor range.