Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Thomas Gerlitz

Ahmed Benmimoun

Nadja Wysietzki

Timothy C Bettger

Hamid M Golgiri

Li Xu

Rainer Busch

Kyle Simmons

Monika Angst

Tony Tae-Jin Pak

Markus Krekel

Chenhao Ma

Yuliya Aksyutina

Roman Atilla Koch

Cem Mengi

Philipp Carlhoff

Cinderella Matuk

Andrew E Ochmanski

The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle () with a remotely controlled parking assistant (), with the steps: (S) Reading in status data (SD) indicative of a status (S, S, S, S), (S) Determination of at least one state (Z, Z) by evaluating the status data (SD), (S) Assigning the specific state (Z, Z) to a state class (K, K) of a plurality of state classes (K, K), and (S) Outputting a control data record (AS, AS) that is assigned to the assigned state class (K, K) and/or (S) outputting an information data record (IS, IS) that is assigned to the assigned state class (K, K).

Method for operating a motor vehicle with a remotely controlled parking assistant

A method for the automated performance of vehicle functions is specified. The method includes: checking for the existence of a triggering event; if there is a triggering event, selecting a vehicle function procedure schema associated with the present triggering event; generating and outputting a signal representing the linked vehicle function procedure schemato a service; generating and outputting service signalsbased on a signalrepresenting the linked vehicle function procedure schema to control devices; designed for controlling vehicle function devices; generating and outputting control signals based on the service signals to the vehicle function devices; and performing vehicle functionsbased on the control signals. In addition, a system for the automated performance of vehicle functions, a vehicle with such a system, a computer program, and a computer-readable medium are specified.

Control of vehicle functions

A maximum required electric energy for operating a vehicle along a final section of the route under electric power alone when using a specified number of electrically operated devices is estimated. A maximum total electric energy required to operate the vehicle along the route is estimated. An alternate route is determined based on determining the detected stored electric energy is less than the estimated maximum total electric energy required to operate the vehicle along the route. The alternate route is determined based on an estimated maximum total electric energy required to operate the vehicle along the alternate route being greater than or equal to the detected stored electric energy. One of a) the determined alternate route, or b) based on determining no alternate route exists, a notification is output via a human/machine interface.

Battery-operated vehicle route determination

While a vehicle is in an off state, expiration of a timer and receipt of a first message from a user device are monitored. Upon determining that at least one of the timer has expired or that the first message is received from the user device, a communication network onboard the vehicle is then monitored for a specified set of fault conditions. Upon detecting, on the onboard vehicle communication network, a fault condition included in the set of fault conditions, the fault condition is then identified as one of transient or persistent. A user assist feature of the vehicle is disabled upon identifying that the fault condition is transient and that a second message was received from the user device after the fault condition was detected.

Vehicle feature availability detection

A vehicle system includes a camera, a sensor, and processors for detecting an unoccupied parking spot while the vehicle traverses a detection path. The processors define a variable virtual boundary based on at least one object detected on a side of the detection path excluding the unoccupied parking spot and generates at least one parking maneuver based on the unoccupied parking spot and the variable virtual boundary.

Vehicle system and method for setting variable virtual boundary

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Thomas Gerlitz