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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Brendan Francis Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Jonathan Hair, Northville, MI (US);
Michael Alan McNees, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for power reduction during vehicle access. A memory storing instructions executable by a processor includes instructions to receive an access message by a target vehicle, authenticate the access message, and determine either an occurrence of a power-saving condition or a non-occurrence of the power-saving condition. The instructions include activating a greeting indicator upon authentication of the access message and determining the non-occurrence of the power-saving condition, and determining not to activate the greeting indicator upon authentication of the access message and determining the occurrence of the power-saving condition.