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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);

Mark Douglas Malone, Canton, MI (US);

Daniel M. King, Northville, MI (US);

Yuming Niu, Northville, MI (US);

David Celinske, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);

Scott J. Lauffer, Northville, MI (US);

Ray Siciak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

John David Jorgensen, Carleton, MI (US);

Jayeshkumar Ramani, Taylor, MI (US);

Suvrat Jain, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/02 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 30/192 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 30/192 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a request to activate a vehicle, receive diagnostic data for one or more vehicle components from an activation component, arbitrate the request and the diagnostic data to identify an activation mode of the vehicle that is one of an unpowered mode, a power-up mode, or a fully-started mode, and instruct the activation component to activate one or more vehicle components associated with the identified activation mode.


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