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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart N. Ford, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Adam Nathan Banker, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/20 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); F02D 41/0087 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) limits for a vehicle based on an occupancy level of the vehicle. The occupancy level is inferred based on a number of occupants and their position within a vehicle, and further based on a degree of interaction of a primary occupant with vehicle controls. As the occupancy level decreases, NVH constraints for operating the vehicle are reduced and one or more vehicle operating parameters nay be based on the reduced NVH constraints.