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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Donald Paul Bilger, Livonia, MI (US);
Tarik Safir, Chesterfield, GB;
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Zeljko Deljevic, Plymouth, MI (US);
Sam Harris, Billericay, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A charge level of a sensor battery providing power to a sensor in a vehicle is determined. A charge depletion of the sensor battery is determined based on the charge level. A recharge rate to recharge the sensor battery is determined based on a time elapsed on a previously traveled path, a current charge level, and the charge depletion. Upon activation of the vehicle, one or both of a propulsion or a vehicle battery is actuated to recharge the sensor battery at the recharge rate.