US 12,233,913 B2
Autonomous footchase assistance
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Christopher Charles Hunt, Livonia, MI (US); Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US); Matthew Cramer Mullen, New Hudson, MI (US); Douglas H. Randlett, Metamora, MI (US); and Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/085,694.
Prior Publication US 2024/0208544 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/0025 (2020.02) [B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
monitor an ongoing enforcement situation using one or more sensors provided to the vehicle;
determine, based on the monitoring and sensor data of the one or more sensors, that a foot pursuit has begun;
receive a location signal from a location-providing device carried by at least one entity involved in the situation;
determine a street route for the vehicle that follows movement of the entity by using streets travelable by the vehicle, based on a plurality of locations received from the location-providing device;
determine that a series of received locations of the plurality of locations indicate pursuit through an area defined as an area unsuitable for travel by the vehicle and responsively plan a street route intercept path based on at least one projected exit region of the entity from the area, the intercept path including coordinates placing the vehicle within a predefined distance of at least one location within the exit region;
include the street route intercept path in the street route; and
automatically and autonomously control the vehicle to follow the determined street route including the street route intercept path.