US 11,981,354 B2
Systems and methods for mitigating spoofing of vehicle features
David Michael Herman, West Bloomfield, MI (US); Catherine Marie Amodeo, Livonia, MI (US); Yashanshu Jain, Dearborn, MI (US); and Christopher Colarusso, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,661.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311983 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/12 (2012.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0059 (2020.02) [B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 40/12 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0657 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
determining input torque values obtained from a steering torque sensor associated with a steering input mechanism of a vehicle, wherein the input torque values are obtained over a period of time;
determining road disturbances using a road disturbance model;
filtering noise from the input torque values, the noise being inferred from the road disturbance model, the noise being created from road and/or environmental conditions;
applying a driver model that is indicative of human driver hands-on-wheel behaviors;
determining when input torque values are indicative of a spoof or human interaction with the steering input mechanism using the input torque values, the road disturbance model, and the driver model; and
executing a remediating measure when the input torque values are indicative of the spoof.