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US 10,458,382 B2Granted
Auto stop parameter threshold adjustment
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKenneth James Miller, Thomas G. Leone
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Abstract
A vehicle controller may initiate an auto stop of an engine in response to a value of an auto stop parameter falling within a specified range and alter the specified range based on learned information derived from vehicle data to change a frequency or duration of auto stops of the engine.
Claims7
A vehicle stop-start system comprising:
- a controller programmed to adjust a threshold, defining a specified range of values for a geographic location, according to learned information derived from vehicle data collected in a vicinity of the geographic location to alter a frequency or duration of engine auto stops at the geographic location, and to initiate an auto stop of an engine responsive to a parameter value falling within the specified range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.