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Vehicle feature availability detection

US11584383B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Ahmed Benmimoun · Aachen, DE
Chenhao Ma · Canton, US
Tony Tae-Jin Pak · Garden City, US
Thomas Gerlitz · Hohenwaldhausen, DE
Hamid M. Golgiri · Westland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2020
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 24, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2556/45
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

While a vehicle is in an off state, expiration of a timer and receipt of a first message from a user device are monitored. Upon determining that at least one of the timer has expired or that the first message is received from the user device, a communication network onboard the vehicle is then monitored for a specified set of fault conditions. Upon detecting, on the onboard vehicle communication network, a fault condition included in the set of fault conditions, the fault condition is then identified as one of transient or persistent. A user assist feature of the vehicle is disabled upon identifying that the fault condition is transient and that a second message was received from the user device after the fault condition was detected.

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