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Controlling host vehicle based on detection of a one-way road

  • US 10,354,157 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2017
  • Issued: 07/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for detecting whether a road on which a host vehicle travels is a one-way road, the system comprising:

  • at least one processing device programmed to;

    receive, from an image capture device, at least one image associated with an environment of the host vehicle;

    identify, based on analysis of the at least one image, a first plurality of vehicles on a first side of the road on which the host vehicle travels;

    identify, based on analysis of the at least one image, a second plurality of vehicles on a second side of the road on which the host vehicle travels, the second side being opposite to the first side;

    determine a first facing direction associated with the first plurality of vehicles;

    determine a second facing direction associated with the second plurality of vehicles; and

    use the first facing direction and the second facing direction to determine that the host vehicle is on a one-way road and, in response to the determination, cause at least one navigational change of the host vehicle when the first facing direction and the second facing direction are both opposite to a heading direction of the host vehicle.

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