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US 2016/0305388 A1Published application
Auto stop parameter threshold adjustment
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKenneth James Miller, Thomas G. Leone
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Abstract
A vehicle controller may initiate an auto stop of an engine in response to a value of an auto stop parameter falling within a specified range and alter the specified range based on learned information derived from vehicle data to change a frequency or duration of auto stops of the engine.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
- and
- a controller programmed to initiate an auto stop of the engine in response to a value of an auto stop parameter falling within a specified range and to alter the specified range based on learned information derived from vehicle data to change a frequency or duration of auto stops of the engine.
A vehicle stop-start system comprising:
- a controller programmed to adjust an auto stop parameter threshold value associated with a particular geographic location according to learned information derived from vehicle data collected in a vicinity of the particular geographic location to alter a frequency or duration of engine auto stops at the particular geographic location, wherein the threshold value when crossed causes the system to initiate an auto stop of an engine.
A method for operating a vehicle comprising:
- in response to identifying a driver of the vehicle, altering by a controller a threshold value of an auto stop parameter based on drive cycle data associated with the driver such that a duration of engine auto stops for a specified drive cycle performed by the driver will be different than the duration for the specified drive cycle performed by a different identified driver, wherein the threshold value when crossed causes an auto stop of an engine to be initiated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.