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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dominique Meroux, Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Sravani Yajamanam Kidambi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/04 (2006.01); B60W 30/188 (2012.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/042 (2013.01); B60W 30/188 (2013.01); B60W 30/18018 (2013.01); B60W 30/18054 (2013.01); B60W 30/18159 (2020.02); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2510/188 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/16 (2013.01); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0627 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are presented for improving engaging automatic vehicle motive power source stopping and inhibiting automatic vehicle motive power source stopping. The methods and systems include processing driver inputs in a machine learning model and characterizing the driver in one of a plurality of driver groups. Automatic vehicle motive power source stopping and starting may be adjusted responsive to a group in which a driver is a member.