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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Meghna Menon, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Krishna Bandi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Gregory P. Linkowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mario Anthony Santillo, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method includes estimating, by a vehicle communication system, a vehicle-localized time based on a previous vehicle system time and at least one internal factor in response to a primary synchronization data not being received and in response to an auxiliary synchronization data not being received. The previous vehicle system time is based on at least one of a previous primary synchronization data or a previous auxiliary synchronization data. The method further includes synchronizing, by the vehicle communication system, a vehicle system time employed by one or more vehicle modules disposed in the vehicle based on one of the primary synchronization data received, the auxiliary synchronization data received, or the vehicle-localized time estimated.