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Granted Patent B2
US 11,400,940 · App. 17/034,483 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Crosswind risk determination

Inventors: Cynthia M. Neubecker (Westland, MI); Mark Gehrke (Ypsilanti, MI); Jonathan Diedrich (Carleton, MI); David Hiskens (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
B60W40/02B60W2510/20B60W2520/10B60W2555/20
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Patent No.
US 11,400,940
App. No.
17/034,483
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Real-time wind data for a location is determined based on a detected movement of an object relative to a vehicle. The real-time wind data includes a wind speed and a wind direction. Upon receiving stored wind data for the location from a remote computer, a crosswind risk is determined based on the real-time wind data and the stored wind data. A vehicle component is actuated to compensate for the crosswind risk.

Claims (30)

1. A system, comprising a first computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:

determine real-time wind data for a location based on a detected movement of an object relative to a vehicle, wherein the real-time wind data includes a wind speed and a wind direction;

receive stored wind data for the location from a remote computer;

determine that the real-wind data represents a crosswind based on a probability for crosswind being greater than a threshold;

upon determining that the real-wind data represents the crosswind, determine a crosswind risk based on the real-time wind data and the stored wind data; and

actuate a vehicle component to compensate for the crosswind risk.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to provide the crosswind risk and the real-time wind data to the remote computer.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the remote computer includes a second processor and a second memory, the second memory storing instructions executable by the second processor to update the stored wind data based on the crosswind risk and the real-time wind data.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to input sensor data obtained by one or more sensors on the vehicle to a machine learning program and to obtain the real-time wind data as output from the machine learning program.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to determine the real-time wind data additionally based on weather data for an area, wherein the location is within the area.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to determine the real-time wind data additionally based on steering data for the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to determine the crosswind risk additionally based on a speed of the vehicle.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to determine the real-time wind data additionally based on an orientation of the object relative to a ground surface.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to provide location data of the vehicle to the remote computer.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to determine movement of the object based on optical flow imaging.

11. A method, comprising:

determining real-time wind data for a location based on a detected movement of an object relative to a vehicle, wherein the real-time wind data includes a wind speed and a wind direction;

receiving stored wind data for the location from a remote computer;

determining that the real-wind data represents a crosswind based on a probability for crosswind being greater than a threshold;

upon determining that the real-wind data represents the crosswind, determining a crosswind risk based on the real-time wind data and the stored wind data; and

actuating a vehicle component to compensate for the crosswind risk.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising providing the crosswind risk and the real-time wind data to the remote computer.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising updating, in the remote computer, the stored wind data based on the crosswind risk and the real-time wind data.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising inputting image data obtained by one or more sensors on the vehicle to a machine learning program and to obtain the real-time wind data as output from the machine learning program.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining the real-time wind data additionally based on weather data for an area, wherein the location is within the area.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining the real-time wind data additionally based on steering data for the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining the crosswind risk additionally based on a speed of the vehicle.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining the real-time wind data additionally based on an orientation of the object relative to a ground surface.

19. The method of claim 10 , further comprising providing location data of the vehicle to the remote computer.

20. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining movement of the object based on optical flow imaging.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2020
From: NEUBECKER, CYNTHIA M.; GEHRKE, MARK; DIEDRICH, JONATHAN; HISKENS, DAVID
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
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