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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jonathan Wentworth, Chelmsford Essex, GB;
Essam Mohamed, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rashad Jamal Allen, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2013.01); G05B 13/0265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine and a controller. The controller starts the engine in response to a brake status before and during a change in vehicle operating mode achieving predetermined states, and expiration of a timer initiated upon completion of the change and having a duration based upon a learned mean mode-specific shift time window. The change is initiated in response to a request to change vehicle operating mode while the engine is off.