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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David Allen Kowalski, Toledo, OH (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/362 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle interface system and method is provided. The system and method includes an interface for communicating with a vehicle user. A controller is in communication with the interface and configured to retrieve a calendar event and verify the calendar event based on an input from the user via the interface. Trip information is generated based on the calendar event and vehicle data. Trip information, based on the calendar event and vehicle data, is communicated to the user via the interface.