Patent ID: 11912127
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling a vehicle moving on a road, the method comprising:
activating, by an electronic controller of the vehicle, an automated function involving emergency braking of the vehicle;
after the automated function is complete, collecting, by the controller, information relative to presence of objects in a space in front of the vehicle;
determining, by the controller, from the collected information a distance to a nearest object in the space in front of the vehicle;
determining, by the controller, whether the distance to the nearest object exceeds a threshold value;
after the automated function is complete, determining, by the controller, if the vehicle is between lane markers of a lane of the road; and
in response to determining the distance to the nearest object exceeds the threshold value, automatically reaccelerating the vehicle by the controller only when the vehicle is between the lane markers of the lane of the road.