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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Gunnar Robert Ross, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60K 31/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/105 (2012.01); B60W 30/182 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60K 31/00 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/105 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60K 2310/30 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract
Economic cruise control where a response of a cruise control system used to control a powertrain is determined based at least in part on whether a driver of a vehicle system has selected to manage cruise control according to performance or efficient cruise control strategies. The performance strategy corresponding with fulfilling a request to accelerate or otherwise increase energy demands less efficiently, and in some cases more quickly, than if the request were to be fulfilled with the efficient cruise control strategy.