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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Sangeetha Sangameswaran, Canton, MI (US);
Daniel Joseph Madrid, Livonia, MI (US);
Jason Michael Miller, Woodhaven, MI (US);
Fling Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/02 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory stores a probability map including information indicative of probabilities of a vehicle being used during each of a plurality of segments of a time period. A processor of the vehicle is programmed to schedule a time to install a software update utilizing the probability map and an expected downtime required for the installation, and to install the software update at the scheduled time responsive to confirming the vehicle is not in use.