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US 9,850,843 B2Granted
User interface with stop-start benefit metric
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsNupur Dokras, Marirose Ilkka, Kirk Pebley
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Abstract
A vehicle according to the present disclosure includes an engine configured to autostop and autostart during a drive cycle. The vehicle additionally includes a user interface and a controller. The controller is configured to present on the user interface a metric indicative of a quantity of engine autostops during a drive cycle.
Claims19
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine configured to autostop and autostart during a drive cycle;
- a user interface;
- and
- a controller configured to present on the user interface a metric based on a running total of engine autostops for a drive cycle.
1 more element
A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving a first input indicating vehicle speed falling below a calibratable threshold;
- receiving a second input indicating a vehicle temperature parameter being in an allowable range for an engine autostop;
- receiving a third input indicating an engine autostop request;
- and
- outputting an autostop efficiency metric based on the first, second, and third inputs.
2 more elements
A control system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a controller configured to receive a first input indicative of an engine autostop function being activated;
- and
- a user interface in communication with the controller and configured to display a metric based on a running total of the first inputs received during a drive cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.