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US 10,253,714 B2Granted
Stop/start control based on repeated driving patterns
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsShane Elwart, Sudipto Aich, Jamel Seagraves
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Abstract
A method or system for controlling a vehicle having auto stop and auto start functions includes selectively inhibiting or disabling the auto stop or auto start functions in response to a detected vehicle position relative to an automatically learned vehicle route. The vehicle route is learned in response to previous drive cycles.
Claims10
A method for controlling an auto stop/start vehicle comprising:
- selectively disabling auto stop/start functions in response to a detected vehicle position relative to an automatically learned vehicle route comprising a vehicle parking location at a second vehicle stop within a learned distance subsequent to a first vehicle stop, the selective disabling comprising disabling an auto start in response to a transmission being shifted out of drive and a detected vehicle location at the second stop.
A system for controlling an internal combustion engine comprising:
- a controller configured to automatically learn a vehicle route including a parking location at a second vehicle stop within a learned distance of a first vehicle stop based on previous drive cycles;
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- a stop/start system programmed to selectively disable an auto start in response to a transmission being shifted out of drive and a detected vehicle position relative to the parking location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.