Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Joseph F Stanek

John Anthony Lockwood

Mark Davison

Lisa Scott

Allen R Murray

Christopher Adam Ochocinski

Jeffrey Alan Palic

Jianbo Lu

Jason Meyer

Fling Finn Tseng

William David Treharne

Mathew Alan Boesch

Ryan J Skaff

Douglas Scott Rhode

William Samuel Schwartz

Timothy Mark Feldkamp

Michael Adel Awad Alla

Cheri Lyn Hansen

Upendra J Patel

Daniel Robert Taylor

Ryan Lee Baker

Chendong Huang

Ken J Jackson

Viet Quoc To

Sikder Imam

Fahad Liaqat

Stephen Fan

Manoharprasad K Rao

Kwaku O Prakah-Asante

John Ottavio Michelini

Luke Niewiadomski

Chen Zhang

Steven Yellin Schondorf

Ivan Vukovic

Tobias John Pallett

Sangeetha Sangameswaran

Hsin-Hsiang Yang

Pankaj Kumar

Bruce Carvell Blakemore

Mark Douglas Malone

Krishna Bandi

Anthony Mario D'Amato

Philip Michael Gonzales

Syed Amaar Ahmad

Dale Gilman

Josephine S Lee

Vijay Garg

Jeffery R Grimes

Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda

Siamak Hashemi

Medville Jay Throop

George Edmund Walley

Donald Charles Franks

Brennan Hamilton

Shazad Mahmood Butt

Floyd Cadwell

James Anthony Adams

Sarra Awad Yako

David Scott Rohweder

Jeffrey Yizhou Hu

Shahid Ahmed Siddiqui

Elaine Y Chen

Robert David Hancasky

Brian Gillespey

Jeffrey Boismier

Matthew Fleming

George Dolan

Jaswant-Jas S Dhillon

Wassim Mahmoud Nahle

Ramakrishna Raju

Bijal Patel

Kelly Trost

Stephen Li-Chun Shen

Ramy Boctor

Erik Kiledal

Scott Aaron Black

Allen Duan

Thomas Varghese

Charles Robert Maxwell Zine

Daniel Haakenson

Matthew N Zuehik

A method for determining a location of a vehicle includes a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) location system in a manufacturing environment. The method includes determining, when a key cycle transition condition of the vehicle and a vehicle gear transition condition of the vehicle are satisfied, a location parameter of the vehicle using an auxiliary location detection system, where the location parameter includes a location of the vehicle, identification information of the vehicle, and a timestamp of the vehicle. The method includes determining a vehicle time period based on the location parameter and a previous location parameter of the vehicle and validating a manufacturing routine of the vehicle when the location parameter satisfies a location condition and the vehicle time period satisfies a time condition.

Systems and methods for determining a vehicle location in a manufacturing environment

A method for determining a location of a vehicle including one or more image sensors in a manufacturing environment includes determining, when a key cycle transition condition of the vehicle and a vehicle gear transition condition of the vehicle are satisfied, a location parameter of the vehicle based on an image including a location tag and a previous image obtained from the one or more image sensors. The method includes determining a vehicle time period based on the image and the previous image. The method includes validating a manufacturing routine of the vehicle when the location parameter satisfies a location condition and the vehicle time period satisfies a time condition.

Toll advertisement messages (TAMs) are broadcast via V2X communication, each of the TAMs indicating geographic locations of lanes of a roadway for which tolls are due and cost information for traversing the lanes of the roadway. A tolling usage message (TUM) is received via the V2X communication, the TUM indicating, to a roadside unit (RSU), information regarding a vehicle entering one of the lanes of the roadway and a unique random account identifier to be used by the RSU to identify the vehicle. A toll receipt message (TRM) is broadcast via the V2X communication, the TRM including the unique random account identifier and indicating, to the vehicle, a final cost charged to the vehicle for access to the one of the lanes of the roadway.

Secure C-V2X smart tolling

A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to detect a service controller connected to a vehicle, upon authenticating the service controller, receive an operation mode for a vehicle component from the service controller, and actuate the vehicle component within operating limits based on the operation mode.

Vehicle component operation

A system includes a switch biased to a neutral position, a camera, and a computer communicatively coupled to the switch and the camera. The computer is programmed to activate a vehicle brake upon receiving data from the switch that the switch is in the neutral position and to activate the vehicle brake upon determining that an operator of the switch is in an inattentive state based on data received from the camera.

Automotive control

This disclosure generally relates to an automotive drone deployment system that includes at least a vehicle and a deployable drone that is configured to attach and detach from the vehicle. More specifically, the disclosure describes the vehicle and drone remaining in communication with each other to exchange information while the vehicle is being operated in an autonomous driving mode so that the vehicle's performance under the autonomous driving mode is enhanced.

Automotive drone deployment system

A vehicle hitch assistance system includes a controller acquiring position data of a coupler of a trailer and deriving a vehicle path to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler including compensating for a determined change in the position of the coupler in a driving direction related to a difference between a vertical position of the coupler in the position data and a height of the hitch ball.

Compensation for trailer coupler height in automatic hitch operation

A method for identifying vehicle vibration includes receiving signals indicative of a vehicle vibration from one or more vehicle sensors while the vehicle is in operation. The method also includes determining a magnitude of the vehicle vibration at one or more target frequency bands. The method additionally includes determining whether the vehicle vibration is associated with one or more wheels of the vehicle based on the magnitude of the vehicle vibration at the one or more target frequency bands. The method further includes generating a diagnostic recommendation when the vehicle vibration is associated with the one or more wheels of the vehicle.

Arrangements for collecting diagnostic information regarding vibrations of wheel-tire assembly and drive-line components of a wheeled vehicle

A motor vehicle comprises an HVAC system including a climate control circuit coupled to onboard sensors, a human-machine interface, and climate actuators. The actuators are responsive to respective command parameters generated by the control circuit in response to the sensors and the human-machine interface. A wireless communication system transmits vehicle HVAC data to and receives crowd data from a remote server. The control circuit initiates a request for crowd data via the communication system to the remote server, wherein the request includes peer parameters for identifying a vehicle environment. The control circuit receives a response via the communication system from the remote server. The response comprises crowd data and at least one weight indicating a confidence level associated with the crowd data. The control circuit generates at least one command parameter using a set of fuzzy rules responsive to the crowd data and the weight from the response.

Adaptive control of automotive HVAC system using crowd-sourcing data

An exemplary creep torque selection method includes selecting an amount of reverse creep torque for a vehicle. The selecting is independent from an amount of forward creep torque for the vehicle.

Variable creep torque

An exemplary method of controlling an electrified vehicle includes adjusting operation of an electrified vehicle in response to a difference between a first energy consumption rate and a second energy consumption rate. The first energy consumption rate is based on energy consumption over a first duration. The second energy consumption rate is based on energy consumption over a second duration.

Controlling an electrified vehicle in response to differences in energy consumption rates

One exemplary illustration of a vehicle roadside assistance system may include a sensor at least one of generating and acquiring a detection signal in response to an emergency condition. The system may also have a controller generating an actuation signal based on the detection signal. In addition, the system may also have a computer storage medium storing a plurality of media files indicative of a recommended response to the emergency condition. Moreover, the system may have one or more on-vehicle hazard light devices coupled to the controller and emitting light in response to the actuation signal.

On-vehicle system providing roadside assistance

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Joseph F Stanek