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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Fling Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hsin-hsiang Yang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/037 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/037 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00778 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to access a schedule of vehicle start times. The processor is also configured to select a scheduled key-on time, when a current time is within a tunable proximity to the scheduled key-on time. Further, the processor is configured to determine if a present vehicle-related temperature warrants vehicle preconditioning and precondition the vehicle until preset preconditioning settings are established.