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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven Joseph Szwabowski, Northville, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);
Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 50/00 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0078 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01); B60W 2550/141 (2013.01); B60W 2550/148 (2013.01); B60W 2550/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle includes automatically activating a first mode of operation of a vehicle, determining if a driver does not prefer the automatically activated first mode of operation, and automatically transitioning to a second mode of operation based on the determination.