Methods and Apparatus for Lost Connection Handling
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorDoron M. Elliott
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method, executable by a vehicle computing system (VCS), includes determining that a connection between a wireless device and a VCS has been lost. The method further includes determining if a driver is present in the vehicle, upon a lost link detection. The method additionally includes waiting until an enter-event occurs and then attempting to re-establish a connection between the wireless device and the VCS. This last step may be conditional upon a determination that a driver is not present.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining if a connectable device, not currently connected to a vehicle computing system (VCS), is available for connection, once a transmission is in park;
- detecting an occupant exit-event;
- detecting a connection loss between a first connected device and the VCS;
- and
- conditional on the connectable device being available, once the exit-event and the connection loss have been detected, re-establishing the lost connection with the connectable device to resume the lost connection.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing instructions that, when executed by a vehicle-based processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- determining if a connectable device, not currently connected to a vehicle computing system (VCS), is available for connection, once a transmission is in park;
- detecting an occupant exit-event;
- detecting a connection loss between a first connected device and the VCS;
- and
- conditional on the connectable device being available, once the exit-event and the connection loss have been detected, re-establishing the lost connection with the connectable device to resume the lost connection.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- determine if a connectable device, not currently connected to a vehicle computing system (VCS), is available for connection, once a transmission is in park;
- detect an occupant exit-event;
- detect a connection loss between a first connected device and the VCS;
- and
- re-establishing the lost connection with the connectable device to resume the lost connection, conditional on the connectable device being available, once the exit-event and the connection loss have been detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.