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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Crimando, Ferndale, MI (US);
Michael David Kaminski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Austin Kirk, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Derrick Portis, Southgate, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 11/005 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to determine an applicable pre-defined vehicle system state set, defining preferred vehicle system states when a driver is away from a vehicle. The processor is also configured to determine a driver exit-event while a vehicle state in the state set varies from a preferred setting and notify a driver mobile device of the variance, responsive to the exit event.