Control of vehicle functions

US11738766B2 · 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
• Thomas Gerlitz · Hohenwaldhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2012/40273
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for the automated performance of vehicle functions is specified. The method includes: checking for the existence of a triggering event; if there is a triggering event, selecting a vehicle function procedure schema associated with the present triggering event; generating and outputting a signal representing the linked vehicle function procedure schema 3a, 3b, 3c to a service; generating and outputting service signals 6a, 6b, 6c based on a signal 4 representing the linked vehicle function procedure schema to control devices; designed for controlling vehicle function devices; generating and outputting control signals based on the service signals to the vehicle function devices; and performing vehicle functions 1a, 1b, 1c based on the control signals. In addition, a system for the automated performance of vehicle functions, a vehicle with such a system, a computer program, and a computer-readable medium are specified.