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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Anthony Hatton, Berkley, MI (US);
Hussein F. Nasrallah, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Thomas Nelson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a horn, a plurality of exterior lights, and at least one controller. The at least one controller is configured to grant vehicle system access to a nomadic device paired to the vehicle, and in response to receiving a message that contains data identifying a source of the message while the vehicle is in a key-off state from a nomadic device not paired to the vehicle, activate the horn and exterior lights according to respective patterns.