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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2011
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Greg Stevens, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jianbo LU, Livonia, MI (US);
Kwaku O. Prakah-asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Ilya Kolmanovsky, Novi, MI (US);
Steven J. Szwabowski, Northville, MI (US);
Stefano Di Cairano, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Greg Stevens, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Livonia, MI (US);
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Ilya Kolmanovsky, Novi, MI (US);
Steven J. Szwabowski, Northville, MI (US);
Stefano Di Cairano, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing driving support system to a vehicle. The vehicle includes a set of control modules, having at least one operational setting, configured for electronically controlling the vehicle components. The system includes an integrated drive mode selection module having a set of drive modes for modifying the settings for each control module. A sensing system detects at least one condition associated with the driver, vehicle or surroundings. A controller determines an appropriate drive mode for the vehicle based on the condition and the output of a safety module that ensures that the drive mode is safe while driving.