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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Ostrowski, Northville, MI (US);
Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Canton, MI (US);
Mohan John, Dearborn, MI (US);
William G. Herbert, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling a heating element within a steering wheel of a vehicle comprising: presenting a vehicle comprising a steering wheel including a heating element, a controller in communication with the heating element, the controller including a Pre-established Predictive Activation Model setting forth rules governing activation of the heating element as a function of data relating to Certain Identifiable Conditions, and a user interface configured to allow the heating element to be manually activated or deactivated; collecting data relating to the Certain Identifiable Conditions; determining, by comparing the collected data to the rules of the Pre-established Predictive Activation Model, whether the collected data satisfies the rules of the Pre-established Predictive Activation Model so as to initially automatically activate the heating element; and automatically activating the heating element.