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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Frederic Stefan, Aachen, DE;
Alain Marie Roger Chevalier, Henri-Chapelle, BE;
Evangelos Bitsanis, Aachen, DE;
Michael Marbaix, Haillot, BE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/20 (2016.01); B60W 30/182 (2012.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60K 6/20 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/3605 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); B60K 6/20 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/08 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/182 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/24 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for operating a vehicle having different operating modes affecting emissions include activating, by a vehicle controller, at least one of the different operating modes affecting emissions selected in response to an estimated population density of a designated area associated with a current location or an anticipated future location of the vehicle.