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Vehicular control system

  • US 10,445,600 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2018
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicular control system, said vehicular control system comprising:

  • a camera disposed at and behind a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular control system, said camera having a field of view through the windshield at least forward of the equipped vehicle;

    a control comprising a processor operable to process image data captured by said camera to detect objects present in the field of view of said camera;

    wherein said control determines a projected path of travel of the equipped vehicle;

    wherein said control is operable to process information wirelessly communicated to the equipped vehicle via a communication system;

    wherein said control processes information received via said communication system relating to another vehicle to determine an estimated time to arrival of the other vehicle at a location on a road being travelled by the other vehicle that is in the projected path of travel of the equipped vehicle;

    wherein the projected path of travel of the equipped vehicle (i) crosses a traffic lane being travelled by the other vehicle or (ii) joins a traffic lane being travelled by the other vehicle;

    wherein, responsive at least in part to a determination that the estimated time to arrival of the other vehicle is less than a threshold time, said control determines that it is not safe for the equipped vehicle to proceed along the projected path of travel; and

    wherein, responsive at least in part to (i) a determination that the estimated time to arrival of the other vehicle is greater than a threshold time and (ii) processing by said processor of captured image data detecting an object present in the projected path of travel of the equipped vehicle, said control determines that it is not safe to proceed along the projected path of travel.

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