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Surrounding vehicle classification and path prediction

  • US 10,029,682 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2016
  • Issued: 07/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a host vehicle on a roadway, comprising:

  • detecting, using a sensor system in the host vehicle, an object in an external environment of the host vehicle;

    determining a classification for the object;

    if the determined classification for the object is a vehicle in the external environment surrounding the host vehicle, performing the following;

    determining a type of the surrounding vehicle;

    obtaining one or more current driving characteristics of the surrounding vehicle as it travels on the roadway using the sensor system;

    retrieving, from a first database, one or more predetermined vehicle characteristics for the determined type, the one or more predetermined vehicle characteristics indicative of at least one driving behavior associated with a plurality of vehicles having the determined type;

    predicting a trajectory of the surrounding vehicle on the roadway based on at least one of the one or more current driving characteristics or the one or more predetermined vehicle characteristics;

    comparing the one or more predetermined vehicle characteristics for the surrounding vehicle with the one or more current driving characteristics; and

    updating the first database based on the comparison.

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