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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Stephen Richard Burke, Triadelphia, WV (US);
Angela L. Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Leslie Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Scott Lerman, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ryan J. Skaff, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Stephen Richard Burke, Triadelphia, WV (US);
Angela L. Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Leslie Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Scott Lerman, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ryan J. Skaff, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An information display for a vehicle includes an indicator arrangement having a visual display configured to provide driver demand information to a vehicle driver. The visual display includes a dynamic target range for operating the vehicle, which includes a first boundary and a second boundary indicating a driver demand that would cause the engine to start. A control system includes at least one controller, and is configured to receive at least one input related to current operating conditions of the vehicle and to provide at least one output to the indicator arrangement to position the target range on the visual display and to indicate to the driver a current level of driver demand. In this way, the visual display indicates to the driver the current level of driver demand relative to the position of the target range.