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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Donnell Matthew Washington, Northville, MI (US);
Finn Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for infrastructure-centric vehicle mode selection. An example vehicle includes a GPS receiver to provide a location of the vehicle, memory storing instructions, and a processor. The example processor, when executing the instructions, causes the vehicle to (a) when the vehicle is in a vicinity of an infrastructure of interest, determine a low traction anomaly value, and (b) in response to the a low traction anomaly value satisfying a threshold, change a driving mode of the vehicle.