Adaptive upfitter switches
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorAbraham MEZAAEL
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Abstract
A system includes one or more upfitter switches and a plurality of controllable vehicle features, wherein at least two of the features are controllable by a first of the upfitter switches, based on a dynamic configuration of the first upfitter switch. The system also includes a processor that can determine that a trigger state for reconfiguring the first upfitter switch has occurred and re-assign the first upfitter switch from controlling a first of the at least two features to controlling a second of the at least two features, responsive to the trigger state.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- reassigning control of an upfitter switch from a first system to a second system, responsive to occurrence of a vehicle-detectable trigger event;
- determining that a current upfitter switch setting between at least two states is set to a control state different from an actual state of the second system, following the reassigning;
- and
- preventing control of the second system via the upfitter switch until the actual state of the second system matches the control state.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- reassign control of an upfitter switch from a first system to a second system, responsive to occurrence of a vehicle-detectable trigger event;
- determine that a current upfitter switch setting between at least two states is set to a control state different from an actual state of the second system, following the reassigning;
- and
- prevent control of the second system via the upfitter switch until the actual state of the second system matches the control state.
A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- reassigning control of an upfitter switch from a first system to a second system, responsive to occurrence of a vehicle-detectable trigger event;
- determining that a current upfitter switch setting between at least two states is set to a control state different from an actual state of the second system, following the reassigning;
- and
- preventing control of the second system via the upfitter switch until the actual state of the second system matches the control state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.