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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Jayagopal Appukutty, Troy, MI (US);
Abraham G. Philip, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
David James Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 2050/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a processing device programmed to monitor an operating state of a vehicle and the operation of at least one subsystem module. Depending on the operating state of the vehicle, the processing device can detect a subsystem module failure. If a failure is detected, the processing device can perform a remedial action. The remedial action taken may be based on the type of failure detected.