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Regional adjustment for driver assistance functions

  • US 10,112,610 B2
  • Filed: 04/15/2016
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An adaptive control system for a host vehicle, the system comprising:

  • a distance sensor;

    a location sensor;

    a user interface; and

    a controller including an electronic processor and a memory, the controller communicatively coupled to the distance sensor, the location sensor, and the user interface, the controller configured toreceive a control signal from the user interface indicative of a desired mode of operation of the vehicle control system, the desired mode of operation of the vehicle control system including an adaptive cruise control mode, a blind spot monitoring mode, and both the adaptive cruise control mode and the blind spot monitoring mode;

    receive a distance signal from the distance sensor indicative of a distance between the host vehicle and another vehicle;

    receive a location signal from the location sensor indicative of a location of the host vehicle, wherein the location is at least one selected from the group consisting of a rural area, an urban area, and neither a rural area nor an urban area;

    generate an operating tolerance for a driver assistance function that is greater than, less than, or equal to a normative operating tolerance based on the location of the host vehicle, wherein the operating tolerance is a following distance or a distance threshold for the distance between the host vehicle and the another vehicle when the another vehicle is in a blind spot of the host vehicle; and

    perform the driver assistance function associated with the desired mode of operation, the driver assistance function incorporating the operating tolerance.

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