Systems and methods to start a vehicle engine to charge a vehicle battery
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Omar Idris Saleh, John Budaj, Doug Whiteman Smith, David Lloyd Nutt, Todd Ansbacher, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Abstract
A vehicle including a battery and a processor is disclosed. The processor may determine that a state of charge (SoC) associated with the battery is less than a predefined threshold. The processor may switch ON a vehicle engine for a predefined time duration to charge the battery responsive to determining that the SoC is less than the predefined threshold. The processor may further adjust an operating condition of one or more vehicle components responsive to switching ON the vehicle engine.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a battery;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine that a state of charge (SoC) associated with the battery is less than a predefined threshold;
- switch ON a vehicle engine for a predefined time duration to charge the battery responsive to determining that the SoC is less than the predefined threshold;
- and
- adjust an operating condition of a vehicle component responsive to switching ON the vehicle engine.
A method to auto-start or remote start a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, that a state of charge (SoC) associated with a battery of the vehicle is less than a predefined threshold;
- switching ON, by the processor, a vehicle engine for a predefined time duration to charge the battery responsive to determining that the SoC is less than the predefined threshold;
- and
- adjusting, by the processor, an operating condition of a vehicle component responsive to switching ON the vehicle engine.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine that a state of charge (SoC) associated with a battery of a vehicle is less than a predefined threshold;
- switch ON a vehicle engine for a predefined time duration to charge the battery responsive to determining that the SoC is less than the predefined threshold;
- and
- adjust an operating condition of a vehicle component responsive to switching ON the vehicle engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.