Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Darren Lee

Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam

Aed M Dudar

Ali Hassani

David James Tippy

Alexandra Taylor

Roy Joseph Scott

Dana Conner

Lirjon Llusho

A vehicle includes an automated driving assistance system that controls maneuvering of the vehicle under certain conditions. When the vehicle comes to a stop, the driving assistance system dynamically selects a threshold stop time corresponding to a duration of time that the vehicle can remain stopped before the driving assistance system will either detect a physical action from the user to resume automated driving assistance or time out and cease the driving assistance.

Dynamic stop time threshold selection for hands-free driving

Systems and methods for detection of security breaches in intravehicular communication systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, this may include intravehicular communication using messages sent with a checksum and a dynamic mathematical operator field. Errors in the checksum may be interpreted as ordinary transmission errors, whereas errors in the dynamic mathematical operator field may be interpreted as potential threats. Repeated errors in the dynamic mathematical operator, and/or unexpected messages in the intravehicular communications, may be interpreted as confirmed hacking. Upon confirmation of hacking, a warning may be issued to an operator and a vehicle safe mode may be entered, including restricting vehicle functionality.

Systems and methods for security breach detection in vehicle communication systems

A computer determines a gap distance behind a front seat. In response to detecting an impact of the vehicle, the computer selectively controls deployment of an airbag based at least in part on a gap distance behind the front seat. The computer may determine the gap distance based on seat position data, image data, weight data, triangulation data, and proximity data. The computer may be incorporated into an airbag deployment control system for deploying the airbag behind the front seat.

Gap based airbag deployment

Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle flood detection. An example vehicle includes an engine, a humidity sensor, a GPS receiver to determine a vehicle location, a communication module, and a control module. The control module is to collect, via the humidity sensor, a humidity measurement within the engine and collect a humidity level of the vehicle location. The control module also is to identify a flooding event when the humidity measurement exceeds the humidity level by a predetermined threshold and record the flooding event with a remote server via the communication module.

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Darren Lee