US 12,030,501 B2
Vehicular control system with enhanced vehicle passing maneuvering
Martin Solar, Erlenbach (DE); and Akilesh Sivakumar, Darmstadt (DE)
Assigned to Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,197, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105941 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01)
CPC B60W 30/18163 (2013.01) [B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06V 20/584 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/215 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4042 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4043 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01); B60W 2720/125 (2013.01); B60W 2754/30 (2020.02); H04N 25/76 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular control system, the vehicular control system comprising:
a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with the vehicular control system and viewing at least forward of the vehicle, the camera capturing image data;
wherein the camera comprises a CMOS imaging array, and wherein the CMOS imaging array comprises at least one million photosensors arranged in rows and columns;
an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising electronic circuitry and associated software;
wherein the electronic circuitry of the ECU comprises an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera to detect presence of an object viewed by the camera;
wherein the vehicular control system, as the equipped vehicle travels along a traffic lane of a road, and responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines presence of a leading vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle and travelling in the same traffic lane as the equipped vehicle;
wherein the vehicular control system, via processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines a visual indication provided by the determined leading vehicle indicative of a safeness of a passing maneuver by the equipped vehicle, wherein the visual indication is representative of a determination by the leading vehicle that the safeness of the passing maneuver exceeds a threshold safeness level; and
wherein based on the determined visual indication, the vehicular control system at least in part controls operation of the equipped vehicle to overtake and pass the determined leading vehicle.