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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Toussaint Carpenter, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle control system may, during a deactivated state of the vehicle, generate a wake up signal, and responsive to a current or voltage associated with the wake up signal being outside a predetermined range, activate an ignition relay of the vehicle for a predefined period of time. The vehicle control system may further, responsive to a request to activate the vehicle, activate the ignition relay.