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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
William Dierker, Canton, MI (US);
Douglas B. Thornburg, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/387 (2019.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/60 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G01R 31/387 (2019.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0067 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/60 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
A storage maintains energy estimates corresponding to function requests for vehicles. A processor of a server is programmed to receive a function request for a vehicle, and direct the vehicle to perform the function request responsive to determining, according to battery information received from the vehicle and an energy estimate corresponding to the function request, that the vehicle has sufficient energy to perform the function request.