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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Philipp Carlhoff, Herzogenrath, DE;

Roman Atilla Koch, Aachen/Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE;

Yuliya Aksyutina, Jülich, DE;

Monika Angst, Aachen, DE;

Rainer Busch, Aachen, DE;

Cem Mengi, Aachen, DE;

Thomas Gerlitz, Aachen, DE;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 50/085 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for the automated performance of vehicle functions is specified. The method includes: checking for the existence of a triggering event; if there is a triggering event, selecting a vehicle function procedure schema associated with the present triggering event; generating and outputting a signal representing the linked vehicle function procedure schemato a service; generating and outputting service signalsbased on a signalrepresenting the linked vehicle function procedure schema to control devices; designed for controlling vehicle function devices; generating and outputting control signals based on the service signals to the vehicle function devices; and performing vehicle functionsbased on the control signals. In addition, a system for the automated performance of vehicle functions, a vehicle with such a system, a computer program, and a computer-readable medium are specified.


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