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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Sikorski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christian Edward Shaffer, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 30/02 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to determine a driver identity. The processor is also configured to receive a request for a change to a driving mode and responsive to the request, enable or deny the driving mode based on mode-correlation to one of a predefined set of permissible driving modes pre-associated with the driver identity.