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US 12,359,647 B2Granted
Adaptive exhaust control for remote start
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKeith Weston, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Abstract
A vehicle includes receives a remote start request from a user, responsive to the request, engage at least one vehicle sensor to determine whether at least an animal or person are within at least a predefined distance from an exhaust or external sounder of the vehicle. Additionally, the vehicle, responsive to determining that the animal or person are withing the predefined distance, delays execution of a remote start, requested by the request, for at least a predefined period of time.
Claims17
A vehicle comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive a remote start request;
- responsive to the request, engage at least one vehicle sensor designated for use in conjunction with remote start handling, to determine whether any of one or more prerequisites predefined as affecting a remote start are met, based on sensed data;
- responsive to detecting at least one of the one or more prerequisites;
- control a remote start in accordance with a manner predefined in conjunction with the sensed data indicating the one or more one or more prerequisites, wherein the one or more prerequisites include a location prerequisite including a location of the vehicle corresponding to a defined geofence that includes the location of the vehicle and wherein the manner includes at least one of a maximum noise level or a requirement to start at a minimum noise level, wherein the manner is associated with the location prerequisite based on association with at least one of the defined geofence, a location type corresponds to the defined geofence, or a control parameter associated with all geofences for the vehicle;
- and
- responsive to the sensed data indicating none of the one or more prerequisites, start the vehicle.
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A vehicle comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive a remote start request;
- responsive to the remote start request, determine if one or more predefined prerequisites for adapting the remote start are met;
- and
- responsive to at least one of the predicates being met, control the remote start in a manner predefined in association with the prerequisite, wherein the one or more prerequisites include a location prerequisite including a location of the vehicle corresponding to a defined geofence that includes the location of the vehicle and wherein the manner includes at least one of a maximum noise level or a requirement to start at a minimum noise level, wherein the manner is associated with the location prerequisite based on association with at least one of the geofence, a location type that corresponds to the geofence, or a control parameter associated with all geofences for the vehicle.
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A vehicle comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive a remote start request;
- responsive to the request, engage at least one vehicle sensor to determine whether at least an animal or person are within at least a predefined distance from at least one of an exhaust of the vehicle or one other source of vehicle sound;
- and
- responsive to determining that the animal or person are within the predefined distance, delay execution of a remote start, requested by the request, for at least a predefined period of time, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to start the vehicle in a predefined quiet mode, responsive to the animal or person being sensed within the predefined proximity following the predefined period of time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.