Detecting vehicle state via fuel level
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorAed M. Dudar
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Abstract
A method of monitoring a vehicle includes monitoring a precollision fuel level, detecting a collision event, and detecting a vehicle orientation based at least on the precollision fuel level and a postcollision fuel level. The method can be executed by a controller having a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions where the processor is programmed to monitor the precollision fuel level, detect the collision event, and detect the vehicle orientation based on at least a precollision fuel level and a postcollision fuel level.
Claims20
A method of monitoring a vehicle comprising:
- monitoring, by a controller of the vehicle, a precollision fuel level;
- detecting, by the controller, a collision event;
- detecting, by the controller, a vehicle roll orientation based at least on the precollision fuel level and a postcollision fuel level and independent of an output from a rollover sensor;
- and
- controlling, by the controller, at least one operational component of the vehicle based on the detected vehicle roll orientation and the detected collision event.
A controller comprising a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions, wherein the processor is programmed to:
- monitor a precollision fuel level;
- detect a collision event;
- detect a vehicle roll orientation based on at least a precollision fuel level and a postcollision fuel level and independent of an output from a rollover sensor;
- and
- control at least one operational component of the vehicle based on the detected vehicle roll orientation and the detected collision event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.