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CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

  • US 20170372151A1
  • Filed: 08/21/2017
  • Published: 12/28/2017
  • 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 a front portion of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular control system, said camera having a field of view forward of the equipped vehicle;

    a control comprising an image processor operable to process image data captured by said camera to determine an object present in the forward field of view of said camera;

    wherein a projected path of travel of the equipped vehicle is determined at least in part by processing of captured image data by said image processor;

    a communication system of the equipped vehicle, wherein said communication system is operable to receive vehicle information pertaining to another vehicle;

    wherein said control is operable to process vehicle information received by said communication system 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 comprises a turn by the equipped vehicle at an intersection;

    wherein said control receives information pertaining to a state of a signal light at the intersection; and

    wherein, responsive to the received information being indicative of the state of the signal light being green and responsive at least in part to (i) determination that the estimated time to arrival of the other vehicle is at least a threshold amount and (ii) determination via image processing of captured image data that an object is not present in the projected path of travel of the equipped vehicle, said control determines that it is safe for the equipped vehicle to proceed along the projected path of travel.

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