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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Scott Steadmon Thompson, Belleville, MI (US);
Robert Roy Jentz, Westland, MI (US);
David Hancock, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2510/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a powertrain of an autonomous vehicle is described. In one example, the autonomous driver may supply a torque request and a torque or power urgency assessment to a powertrain controller. The powertrain controller may monitor vehicle control system parameters based on the driver demand torque and the torque or power urgency assessment.