Vehicle control action sequence for operator authentication
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMark Allan Lippman, Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Allan Roy Gale
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Abstract
When a vehicle is not in a motive mode, a controller may monitor operator input entered via vehicle controls that have functions other than access control, and enable the vehicle to transition to the motive mode if the operator input matches a predetermined vehicle-enable action sequence. The controller may also, responsive to operator input requesting to record the vehicle-enable action sequence, construct a vehicle-enable action sequence according to subsequent operator input entered by the operator via the vehicle controls; and apply the vehicle-enable action sequence as a requirement to be repeated by a vehicle operator to enable transition to motive mode.
Claims20
A vehicle system comprising:
- a controller, in communication with a plurality of vehicle systems over at least one vehicle bus, configured to
- when the vehicle is not in a motive mode, monitor operator input entered via vehicle controls that have functions other than access control, and
- enable the vehicle to transition to the motive mode if the operator input matches a predetermined vehicle-enable action sequence.
A vehicle system comprising:
- a controller, in communication with a plurality of vehicle systems over at least one vehicle bus, configured to
- monitor operator input entered via vehicle controls that have functions other than access control,
- construct a vehicle-enable action sequence according to the operator input, and
- apply the vehicle-enable action sequence as a requirement to be repeated by a vehicle operator to enable transition to motive mode.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- when a vehicle is not in a motive mode, monitoring, over a vehicle bus by a controller of the vehicle in communication with a plurality of vehicle systems over the vehicle bus, operator input entered via vehicle controls that have functions other than access control;
- and
- enabling the vehicle to transition to the motive mode if the operator input matches a predetermined vehicle-enable action sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.