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Granted Patent B2
US 11,577,726 · App. 16/883,413 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Vehicle assist feature control

Inventors: Kenny Tejeda (Wixon, MI); Nial James Wykes (Grosse Pointe Farms, MI)
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
B60W30/18009B60W50/0205B60W50/14B60W2050/146
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Patent No.
US 11,577,726
App. No.
16/883,413
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Upon determining a vehicle is in an off-road area based on sensor data, an off-road operation mode is enabled to an enabled state. Then, upon receiving a first user input selecting the off-road operation mode, one or more assist features are represented on a display in the vehicle. Then at least one of the assist features is selected based on a second user input. Then, after a key cycle initiated by a user that engages the vehicle from an off state to an on state, the selected assist feature is deactivated to a deactivated state.

Claims (28)

1. A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:

upon determining a vehicle is in an off-road area based on sensor data, enable an off-road operation mode of the vehicle to an enabled state;

then, upon receiving a first user input selecting the off-road operation mode, represent one or more assist features on a display in the vehicle;

then select at least one of the assist features based on a second user input; and

then, after a key cycle initiated by a user that engages the vehicle from an off state to an on state, deactivate the selected assist feature to a deactivated state.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to, upon determining the vehicle has moved from the off-road area to a road area, disable the off-road operation mode to a disabled state and activate the deactivated assist feature to an activated state.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to, upon receiving a third user input deselecting the off-road operation mode, disable the off-road operation mode to a disabled state and activate the deactivated assist feature to an activated state.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to, upon receiving a third user input selecting at least one deactivated assist feature, activate the selected assist feature to an activated state.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to select at least one assist feature based further on a previous selection.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to, after the key cycle, verify the vehicle is on the off-road area based on sensor data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to prevent transition of the off-road operation mode to the enabled state based on determining the vehicle is operating in a road area.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to, after another key cycle, maintain the deactivated assist feature in the deactivated state based on determining the vehicle is in the off-road area via vehicle sensor data.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to prevent a diagnostic test of the deactivated assist feature.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to, upon activating the deactivated assist feature to an activated state, perform a diagnostic test of the activated assist feature.

11. A method comprising:

upon determining a vehicle is in an off-road area based on sensor data, enabling an off-road operation mode of the vehicle to an enabled state;

then, upon receiving a first user input selecting the off-road operation mode, representing one or more assist features on a display in the vehicle;

then selecting at least one of the assist features based on a second user input; and

then, after a key cycle initiated by a user that engages the vehicle from an off state to an on state, deactivating the selected assist feature to a deactivated state.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, upon determining the vehicle has moved from the off-road area to a road area, deactivating the off-road operation mode to a disabled state and activating the deactivated assist feature to an activated state.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, upon receiving a third user input deselecting the off-road operation mode, deactivating the off-road operation mode to a disabled state and activating the deactivated assist feature to an activated state.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, upon receiving a third user input selecting at least one deactivated assist feature, activating the selected assist feature to an activated state.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising selecting at least one assist feature based further on a previous selection.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, after the key cycle, verifying the vehicle is in the off-road area based on sensor data.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising preventing transition of the off-road operation mode to the enabled state based on determining the vehicle is operating in a road area.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, after another key cycle, maintaining the deactivated assist feature in the deactivated state based on determining the vehicle is in the off-road area via vehicle sensor data.

19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising preventing a diagnostic test of the deactivated assist feature.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising, upon activating the deactivated assist feature to an activated state, performing a diagnostic test of the activated assist feature.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2020
From: TEJEDA, KENNY; WYKES, NIAL JAMES
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
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