US 12,291,207 B2
Driver assistance for high accelleration and speed on a minimum time path
Jordan Barrett, Milford, MI (US); Brendan Francis Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US); Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US); Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US); and Aaron L. Mills, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,077.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075930 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/22 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/18009 (2013.01) [B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/22 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2552/05 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
instruct operation of at least one vehicle system of a vehicle for travel of the vehicle from a starting point to a destination point in a minimum time mode;
collect roadway data for a roadway from the starting point to the destination point;
based on the roadway data, determine a minimum time path and speed from the starting point to the destination point and optimal speed along the minimum time path; and
in response to a maximum acceleration input from a human driver when the vehicle is at the starting point, initiate the minimum time mode and instruct operation of at least one vehicle system to pursue the minimum time path and speed along the minimum time path from the starting point to the destination point in the minimum time mode.