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US 2019/0294162 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for selective drive-mode enablement
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRyan SIKORSKI, Christian Edward SHAFFER
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to determine a driver identity. The processor is also configured to receive a request for a change to a driving mode and responsive to the request, enable or deny the driving mode based on mode-correlation to one of a predefined set of permissible driving modes pre-associated with the driver identity
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- determine a driver identity;
- receive a request for a change to a driving mode;
- and
- responsive to the request, enable or deny the driving mode based on mode-correlation to one of a predefined set of permissible driving modes pre-associated with the driver identity.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- disabling a driving mode subset of possible driving modes, responsive to driver identification and based on a predefined subset pre-associated with an identified driver's profile;
- and
- selectively denying a request for disabled driving modes when a valid override condition does not accompany the request.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- detect a vehicle driver identity;
- load a profile associated with the driver identity, the profile including a defined set of enabled and disabled driving modes for an identified driver;
- and
- process driving control mode change requests in accordance with the defined set, such that changes to enabled driving modes are permitted and changes to disabled driving modes are rejected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.