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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Robert Miller, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/06 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/1469 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01); B60Q 1/46 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method, apparatus, and computer storage media are disclosed for headlight setting activation via a stalk switch. An example vehicle includes a stalk switch and a headlamp controller. The example headlamp controller is to monitor the stalk switch and detect, in response to identifying the stalk switch is transitioning to a high-beam position, a number of occurrences the stalk switch is set at the high-beam position in a predetermined time period. Also, the example headlamp controller is to activate, in response to determining the number of occurrences is two, a first headlight setting of headlamps.