Patent ID: 11964691
Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicular control system, the vehicular control system comprising:
a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with the vehicular control system and viewing at least forward of the vehicle, the camera capturing image data;
a radar sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle and sensing at least forward of the equipped vehicle;
an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising electronic circuitry and associated software;
wherein the electronic circuitry of the ECU comprises at least one processor for processing image data captured by the camera and for processing sensor data captured by the radar sensor;
wherein, as the equipped vehicle travels along a road, the ECU, via processing of image data captured by the camera and processing of sensor data captured by the radar sensor, determines other vehicles present on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle;
wherein the ECU, as the equipped vehicle travels along a road, and responsive to determining the presence of a plurality of other vehicles present on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle, fuses the image data captured by the camera and the sensor data captured by the radar sensor;
wherein the ECU, based on the fused data, determines a threat level for each vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles;
wherein the ECU, when the threat level for one or more vehicles of the plurality of other vehicles exceeds a threshold value, generates a braking command;
wherein the ECU transmits the braking command to a braking system of the equipped vehicle; and
wherein the ECU, when one vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles is no longer detectable via processing of image data captured by the camera and processing of sensor data captured by the radar sensor, predicts a position for the no longer detectable vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles.