Protected idle system for a vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorRohit Uttam
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method when executed by data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations include detecting a park mode of a vehicle equipped with an automatic protected idle function and activating the automatic protected idle function automatically in response to the detected park mode. A state of a control switch associated with the automatic protected idle function is determined, and a hold time is set in response to a respective determined state of the control switch. The operations also include modifying the automatic protected idle function for one or more ignition cycles in response to the set hold time.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method when executed by data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a park mode of a vehicle equipped with an automatic protected idle function;
- activating the automatic protected idle function automatically in response to the detected park mode;
- determining a state of a brake of the vehicle in response to the activated automatic protected idle function;
- determining a state of a control switch associated with the automatic protected idle function;
- setting a hold time in response to the respective determined state of the brake and the control switch;
- disabling the automatic protected idle function for one or more ignition cycles in response to the set hold time;
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- detecting an ignition-off mode of the vehicle and re-enabling the automatic protected idle function for future ignition cycles in response to the ignition-off mode and detection of an authorized user device.
A computer-implemented method when executed by data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a park mode of a vehicle equipped with an automatic protected idle function;
- activating the automatic protected idle function automatically in response to the detected park mode;
- determining a state of a control switch associated with the automatic protected idle function;
- setting a hold time in response to the respective determined state of the control switch;
- modifying the automatic protected idle function for one or more ignition cycles in response to the set hold time;
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- detecting an ignition-off mode of the vehicle and re-enabling the automatic protected idle function for future ignition cycles in response to the ignition-off mode and detection of an authorized user device.
A protected idle system for a vehicle, the protected idle system comprising:
- an ignition of the vehicle, the ignition including one or more ignition cycles and further including an ignition-on mode and an ignition-off mode;
- a control switch operable between a released state and a pressed state;
- an electronic control unit (ECU) communicatively coupled with each of the ignition and the control switch and including data processing hardware configured to automatically activate an automatic protected idle function configured with a first hold time and a second hold time, the ECU configured to disable the automatic protected idle function for at least one of the one or more ignition cycles in response to the pressed state of the control switch corresponding to at least one of the first hold time and the second hold time;
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- an authorized user device, the ECU configured to re-enable the automatic protected idle function in response to the ignition-off mode of the ignition and detection of the authorized user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.