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US 2014/0343830 A1Published application
Stop/start control based on repeated driving patterns
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsShane Elwart, Sudipto Aich, Jamel Seagraves
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Abstract
A method or system for controlling a vehicle having auto stop and auto start functions includes selectively inhibiting or disabling the auto stop or auto start functions in response to a detected vehicle position relative to an automatically learned vehicle route. The vehicle route is learned in response to previous drive cycles.
Claims20
A method for controlling a vehicle having auto stop and auto start functions, the method comprising:
- selectively disabling the auto stop or auto start functions in response to a detected vehicle position relative to an automatically learned vehicle route, the vehicle route being learned in response to previous drive cycles.
A system for controlling an internal combustion engine comprising:
- a controller configured to automatically learn a vehicle route based on previous drive cycles;
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- a stop/start system programmed to selectively disable at least one of an auto stop function and an auto start function in response to a detected vehicle position relative to the vehicle route.
A method for controlling a start/stop vehicle comprising:
- selectively disabling an auto stop function or an auto start function in response to a detected vehicle presence at a learned location, the location being automatically learned in response to a pattern of sensor inputs received during at least one previous drive cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.