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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ryan Abraham Mcgee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fling Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Anthony Mark Phillips, Northville, MI (US);
Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ryan Abraham McGee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fling Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Anthony Mark Phillips, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes determining that a vehicle powertrain feature is engaged. The method further includes relaying, to a remote computing source, a request for a computation to be performed relating to the engaged powertrain feature. The method additionally includes receiving a result of the computation at a vehicle computing system and transferring the result of the computation to a powertrain for use in controlling the powertrain feature.