Remote vehicle control
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAli Delbari, Scott J. Lauffer, Zahra Khakpour, John Ren, Thomas Schultz
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Abstract
A remote vehicle control is activated. A throttle position on the control is maintained for a specified time. A transmission of a vehicle is engaged based on the throttle position.
Claims19
A system comprising a computer comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- upon detecting that a remote vehicle control is activated, and a throttle position on the control is maintained for a specified time, engage a transmission of a vehicle based on the throttle position;
- and
- upon detecting the remote vehicle control is deactivated and that the vehicle speed is below a threshold, engage the transmission in a park mode.
A system comprising a computer comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- upon detecting that a remote vehicle control is activated, and a throttle position on the control is maintained for a specified time, engage a transmission of a vehicle based on the throttle position;
- and
- upon detecting that a vehicle speed is above a threshold, deactivate a timer.
A system comprising a computer comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- upon detecting that a remote vehicle control is activated, and a throttle position on the control is maintained for a specified time, engage a transmission of a vehicle based on the throttle position;
- and
- upon detecting the throttle position is changed prior to the specified time and that a vehicle speed is below a threshold, maintain the transmission in a neutral mode and reset a timer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.