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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Alfred Ostrowski, Northville, MI (US);
Sanjay Abhyankar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Leopoldo Urbina, Álvaro Obregón, MX;
Sheida Malekpour, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher Leon Jones, Detroit, MI (US);
David Michael Herman, Oak Park, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for selectively inhibiting a stop-start controller of a vehicle based on a predicted anxiety of a driver of the vehicle on a road segment that includes one or more road attributes associated with increased levels of anxiety. In one example, selectively inhibiting a stop-start controller of a vehicle based on a predicted anxiety of a driver of the vehicle includes determining a driver classification for a driver operating the vehicle; predicting an anxiety level of the driver at an upcoming traffic condition, based on the driver classification; and selectively inhibiting an upcoming engine idle-stop event based on the predicted anxiety level of the driver.