IP Library Granted Patent US 9,682,669
Granted Patent B2
US 9,682,669 · App. 14/696,759 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

Vehicle safety power management

Inventors: Aaron Acuna (West Bloomfield, MI); Anthony Dwayne Cooprider (Rochester Hills, MI); Karl William Wojcik (Sterling Heights, MI); James Michael Weinfurther (Farmington, MI); David James Tippy (Ann Arbor, MI); Barb LeMaigre (Troy, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
B60R16/03
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Patent No.
US 9,682,669
App. No.
14/696,759
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle system includes a processing device programmed to determine an ignition state and a vehicle speed. The processing device powers at least one vehicle subsystem if the ignition state is off and the vehicle speed is above a predetermined threshold. The processing device may disable the vehicle subsystem when the vehicle speed falls below the predetermined threshold.

Claims (28)

1. A vehicle system comprising:

a processing device programmed to determine an ignition state, determine a vehicle speed, and power at least one vehicle subsystem if the ignition state is off while the vehicle speed is above a predetermined threshold.

2. The vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is programmed to disable the at least one vehicle subsystem if the vehicle speed is below the predetermined threshold.

3. The vehicle system of claim 2 , wherein disabling the at least one vehicle subsystem includes removing power to the at least one vehicle subsystem.

4. The vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is programmed to determine a key state.

5. The vehicle system of claim 4 , wherein the processing device is programmed to determine the ignition state independently of the key state.

6. The vehicle system of claim 4 , wherein the processing device is programmed to power the at least one vehicle subsystem based at least in part on the key state.

7. The vehicle system of claim 4 , wherein determining the key state includes determining at least one of a previous key state and a current key state.

8. The vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is programmed to implement a situational override.

9. The vehicle system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is programmed to implement the situational override in response to a user input.

10. The vehicle system of claim 8 , wherein the situational override includes at least one of a towing override, a parked vehicle override, an assembly mode override, and a remote start override.

11. The vehicle system of claim 10 , wherein the towing override includes a first towing override where an occupant is present in the vehicle and a second towing override where no occupants are present in the vehicle.

12. A method comprising:

determining an ignition state of a vehicle;

determining a vehicle speed;

comparing the vehicle speed to a predetermined threshold; and

powering at least one vehicle subsystem if the ignition state is off while the vehicle speed is above a predetermined threshold.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising disabling the at least one vehicle subsystem if the vehicle speed is below the predetermined threshold.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein disabling the at least one vehicle subsystem includes removing power to the at least one vehicle subsystem.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising implementing a situational override.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising receiving a user input, and where the situational override in response to receiving the user input.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the situational override includes at least one of a towing override, a parked vehicle override, an assembly mode override, and a remote start override.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein implementing the towing override includes:

determining whether an occupant is present in the vehicle; and

implementing a first towing override if an occupant is present in the vehicle and a second towing override if no occupants are present in the vehicle.

19. A vehicle system comprising:

a processing device programmed to determine an ignition state, determining a key state independent of the ignition state, determine a vehicle speed, and power at least one vehicle subsystem based at least in part on the ignition state and the key state while the vehicle speed is above a predetermined threshold, wherein the processing device is further programmed to disable the at least one vehicle subsystem when the vehicle speed is below the predetermined threshold,

wherein the processing device is programmed to implement a situational override in response to a user input.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2015
From: ACUNA, AARON; COOPRIDER, ANTHONY DWAYNE; WOJCIK, KARL WILLIAM; WEINFURTHER, JAMES MICHAEL; TIPPY, DAVID JAMES; LEMAIGRE, BARB
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
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