US 12,441,302 B1
System and method for pre-collision adjustments in vehicles
Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US); Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US); Snehal Desai, Richardson, TX (US); Manfred Amann, San Antonio, TX (US); Timothy Frank Davison, San Antonio, TX (US); Rachel Michelle Ballew, San Antonio, TX (US); Kelsey Anne O'Brien, Austin, TX (US); and Sayeef Rahim, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,537.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/284,052, filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 8/171 (2006.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B60T 8/171 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60T 2210/32 (2013.01); B60T 2220/00 (2013.01); B60T 2260/02 (2013.01); B60T 2270/89 (2013.01); B60W 2554/404 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of adjusting a vehicle braking system in a target vehicle, the target vehicle further including a collision adjustment system, the method comprising:
receiving, at the collision adjustment system, information about an approaching vehicle from one or more vehicle sensors, wherein the information about the approaching vehicle includes at least an approaching vehicle speed and an approaching vehicle orientation;
receiving, at the collision adjustment system, information about any forward obstacles to the target vehicle;
determining, from the information about the approaching vehicle, if a rear-end collision between the approaching vehicle and the target vehicle is substantially unavoidable by:
assessing a state of a driver in the approaching vehicle; and
determining if the driver is distracted;
determining if there are any forward obstacles to the target vehicle; and
upon determining that a rear-end collision is substantially unavoidable between the target vehicle and the approaching vehicle, and that there are no forward obstacles to the target vehicle, the method further comprises automatically decreasing the braking force being applied by the vehicle braking system.