Traction based systems and methods
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1. A first vehicle comprising:
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processor(s) configured to;
determine, via the sensors;
frictions of a road at which the first vehicle traversed; and
a trailing vehicle'"'"'s location and acceleration;
calculate an adjusted trailing vehicle'"'"'s acceleration when the second vehicle is at a predetermined distance from a portion of the road with a predetermined friction;
compute a theoretical collision velocity (TCV) based on the adjusted trailing vehicle'"'"'s acceleration;
generate a command based on the TCV and a selected coefficient of kinetic friction (COF); and
wherein the generated command automatically causes the first vehicle to preemptively flash brake lights at a frequency associated with the generated command.
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Abstract
A first vehicle includes: steering, brakes, memory, sensors, and processor(s) configured to: determine, with the sensors: the first vehicle'"'"'s acceleration, a second vehicle'"'"'s acceleration; compute a theoretical collision velocity (TCV) between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the accelerations; apply a function or generate a command based on the TCV and a selected coefficient of kinetic friction (COF).
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17 Claims
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1. A first vehicle comprising:
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sensors; and processor(s) configured to; determine, via the sensors;
frictions of a road at which the first vehicle traversed; and
a trailing vehicle'"'"'s location and acceleration;calculate an adjusted trailing vehicle'"'"'s acceleration when the second vehicle is at a predetermined distance from a portion of the road with a predetermined friction; compute a theoretical collision velocity (TCV) based on the adjusted trailing vehicle'"'"'s acceleration; generate a command based on the TCV and a selected coefficient of kinetic friction (COF); and wherein the generated command automatically causes the first vehicle to preemptively flash brake lights at a frequency associated with the generated command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A vehicle comprising:
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sensors; and
processor(s) configured to;determine, frictions of a road at which the vehicle traversed; and
a trailing vehicle'"'"'s acceleration;calculate an adjusted trailing vehicle'"'"'s acceleration when the trailing vehicle is approaching a portion of the road with a predetermined friction; compute a theoretical collision velocity (TCV) based on the adjusted trailing vehicle'"'"'s acceleration; and flash brake lights at a frequency based on the TCV and a selected coefficient of kinetic friction. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of controlling a first vehicle comprising:
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determining, via sensors and processor(s);
frictions of a road at which the first vehicle traversed;
a trailing vehicle'"'"'s location and acceleration;calculating, via the processor(s), an adjusted trailing vehicle'"'"'s acceleration when the trailing vehicle is at a predetermined distance from a portion of the road with a predetermined friction; computing, via the processor(s) a theoretical collision velocity (TCV) based on the adjusted trailing vehicle'"'"'s acceleration; generating, via the processor(s), a command based on the TCV and a selected coefficient of kinetic friction (COF); and wherein the generated command automatically causes the first vehicle to preemptively flash brake lights at a frequency associated with the generated command. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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