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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth James Miller, Pinckney, MI (US);
Douglas Martin, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2012.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2013.01); F02N 11/0844 (2013.01); G08G 1/0125 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01); G06V 20/584 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for selectively disabling a stop-start function of a vehicle based on a predicted anxiety of a driver of the vehicle upon merging into transverse traffic. In one example, selectively disabling the stop-start function of a vehicle based on a predicted anxiety of the driver of the vehicle includes, when approaching an intersection having a first traffic pattern, disabling a stop-start function responsive to an estimated merging acceleration for the intersection exceeding a threshold acceleration rate of the vehicle.