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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Jackson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Raymond C. Siciak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3682 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle computer system includes a processor configured to receive a destination, to output a charging station location for display in response to an estimated SOC being less than a threshold and the location being within a pre-defined distance from a vehicle, and to not automatically output the location otherwise such that as a difference between the SOC and threshold increases, the pre-defined distance increases.