Control of vehicle functions

US11618398B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Philipp Carlhoff · Herzogenrath, DE
• Roman Atilla Koch · Hohenwaldhausen, DE
• Yuliya Aksyutina · Jülich, DE
• Monika Angst · Aachen, DE
• Rainer Busch · Aachen, DE
• Cem Mengi · Aachen, DE
• Kai Skolik · Würselen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2021
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2050/146
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and/or method include receiving vehicle function sequence schemas, which specify a sequence of vehicle functions in the presence of a triggering event linked to the particular vehicle function sequence schema, checking the received vehicle function sequence schemas, storing the checked vehicle function sequence schemas, and checking the presence of a triggering event, selecting a stored vehicle function sequence schema linked to the present triggering event, generating control signals for controlling vehicle function devices according to the selected vehicle function sequence schema, and outputting the generated control signals to the vehicle function devices.