Ford and Delphi patent lane-splitter detection for self-driving cars

Lest you think the developers of self-driving car technology are ignoring motorcycles:

"Ford has filed a patent application for a system to detect lane-splitting motorcycles. The system uses various sensors on a car, such as cameras, RADAR, LIDAR and SONAR, to determine if a lane-splitting motorcycle is approaching from the rear. If a filtering bike is detected, the car would include that information in its collision avoidance system. Though mainly conceived for use in self-driving cars, the principles behind the design can also work for non-autonomous vehicles."

"Michigan-based Delphi Technologies has its own patent application that would use data from a lane-splitting detector like Ford's to autonomously move a car further away from the lane markers to give motorcycles more room while filtering."

Ford Is Developing A Lane-Splitting Detection System - motorcycle.com

Note to mods: this seemed like "Motorcycle Talk" to me, but if you think it belongs in "Other Topics", have at it.

Many thanks for posting this Bill. Very timely and very interesting.