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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bang Kim Cao, Northville, MI (US);
Michael Edward Brewer, Dexter, MI (US);
Brandon Cameron, Canton, MI (US);
William Gregory Suter, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David John Messih, Troy, MI (US);
Christopher Wernette, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Terrain assist apparatus and related methods for use with vehicles are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a vehicle controller configured to determine, based on vehicle sensor data, a condition of a vehicle associated with driving on sand. The vehicle controller is also to generate, via an output device, information instructing a vehicle occupant to configure a driving mode of the vehicle that is associated with controlling vehicle speed. The vehicle controller is also to control a parameter of the vehicle based on a setting of the driving mode to resolve the condition.