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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
John J. Costello, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Richard J. Skertic, Carmel, IN (US);
ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, Indianapolis, IN (US);
ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A vehicle control method of starting and shutting down an engine, in which a processor receives a blockchain update comprising a first transaction with instructions to perform an engine startup or shutdown; the blockchain update is validated; an engine startup or shutdown is performed based on the validated blockchain update; where the engine startup or shutdown is delayed based on validating a predetermined number of subsequent blockchain updates, including a second transaction with instructions to perform the engine startup or shutdown.