Vehicle component operation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJoseph F. Stanek, Douglas Scott Rhode, Wassim Mahmoud Nahle, Michael Adel Awad Alla, Cheri Lyn Hansen
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Abstract
A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to detect a service controller connected to a vehicle, upon authenticating the service controller, receive an operation mode for a vehicle component from the service controller, and actuate the vehicle component within operating limits based on the operation mode.
Claims20
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to:
- detect a service controller connected to a vehicle;
- upon authenticating the service controller, receive an operation mode for a vehicle component from the service controller;
- and
- actuate the vehicle component within operating limits based on the operation mode.
A system, comprising:
- a service controller;
- a vehicle component;
- means for detecting the service controller connected to a vehicle;
- means for receiving an operation mode for a vehicle component from the service controller upon authenticating the service controller;
- and
- means for actuating the vehicle component within operating limits based on the operation mode.
A method, comprising:
- detecting a service controller connected to a vehicle;
- upon authenticating the service controller, receiving an operation mode for a vehicle component from the service controller;
- and
- actuating the vehicle component within operating limits based on the operation mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.