Patent ID: 9090265
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B60W

Abstract:
1. A system of a vehicle, comprising: an engine control module (ECM) that controls engine actuators based on driver inputs to a steering wheel, an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and a cruise control system; a first processor module that includes a first microprocessor and that selectively actuates at least one of an electric power steering motor, friction brakes, and a throttle valve based on processed data; sensors that sense features outside of the vehicle; a second processor module that includes a second microprocessor and that generates the processed data based on data from the sensors, wherein the second microprocessor is a graphical microprocessor; a third processor module that includes a third microprocessor and that generates an indicator of whether a fault is present in the second processor module; and an external object calculation module that includes: