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US 11,766,921 B2Granted
Enhanced vehicle operation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohn Robert Van Wiemeersch, Erick Michael Lavoie
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Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to heat a passenger cabin of a vehicle and to actuate a vehicle security subsystem to prevent entry into the vehicle upon initiation of a cabin sanitizing operation, wherein the sanitizing operation includes actuating a heater to heat the passenger cabin above a temperature threshold.
Claims20
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- heat a passenger cabin of a vehicle;
- and
- actuate a vehicle security subsystem to prevent entry into the vehicle upon initiation of a cabin sanitizing operation, wherein the sanitizing operation includes actuating a heater to heat the passenger cabin above a temperature threshold.
A method, comprising:
- heating a passenger cabin of a vehicle;
- and
- actuating a vehicle security subsystem to prevent entry into the vehicle upon initiation of a cabin sanitizing operation, wherein the sanitizing operation includes actuating a heater to heat the passenger cabin above a temperature threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.