Methods and apparatus to facilitate safety checks for high-performance vehicle features
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsVenkatesh Krishnan, Scott Cutler, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate safety checks for high-performance vehicle features. An example vehicle comprises a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, sensors, a processor and a memory. The GPS receiver generates location information. The sensors generate road information. The processor and memory are in communication with the sensors and the GPS receiver. The processor is configured to: determine a road type using the location information; determine a road clearance status using the road information; and generate a warning message including an override button based on one or more of the road type and the road clearance status.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a global positioning system (GPS) receiver to generate location information;
- sensors to generate road information;
- and
- a display;
- a processor and memory in communication with the sensors and the GPS receiver and configured to:
- determine a road type using the location information;
- determine a road clearance status using the road information;
- present, via the display, a warning message that includes an override button based on one or more of the road type and the road clearance status;
- and
- send a notification message to a remote mobile device when the override button is selected by a driver.
A method comprising:
- determining, with a processor, a road type using location information provided by a global positioning system (GPS) receiver;
- determining, with the processor a road clearance status using road information generated by sensors;
- generating, with the processor, a warning message based on at least one of the road type or the road clearance status, the warning message including an override button;
- and
- sending, with the processor, a notification message to a remote mobile device if the override button is selected by a driver.
A system comprising:
- a central facility having a database of weather information;
- a dedicated short range communication (DSRC) transceiver disposed in a vehicle and in communication with the database;
- sensors disposed in the vehicle to generate road information;
- a global positioning system (GPS) receiver disposed in the vehicle to generate location information of the vehicle;
- and
- a processor in communication with the DSRC transceiver, the sensors, and the GPS receiver and configured to:
- determine a road type based on the location information;
- determine a road clearance status based on the road information;
- determine a weather status based on the weather information;
- pause execution of a selected vehicle feature based on one or more of the road type, the location information, and the weather information;
- and
- send a notification message to a mobile device in response to detecting selection of the override button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.