{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, in response to an initiation of a lane-change mode by a host vehicle, determine a maximum number of timesteps for which at least one constraint on a host kinematic state of the host…",
  "path": "/patents/1379613",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "B60W30/18163",
    "Ford Global Technologies, LLC"
  ],
  "textContent": "A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, in response to an initiation of a lane-change mode by a host vehicle, determine a maximum number of timesteps for which at least one constraint on a host kinematic state of the host vehicle and a target kinematic state of at least one target vehicle is satisfiable; and, in response to the maximum number of timesteps exceeding a timestep threshold, actuate a component of the host vehicle to perform a lane change from a current lane of the host vehicle to a target lane adjacent to the current lane.",
  "title": "VEHICLE LANE CHANGING"
}