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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Tuan Anh BE, Livonia, MI (US);
Kirk Pebley, Novi, MI (US);
Hank L. Kwong, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
George Edmund Walley, Novi, MI (US);
Filip Tomik, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Tuan Anh Be, Livonia, MI (US);
Kirk Pebley, Novi, MI (US);
Hank L. Kwong, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
George Edmund Walley, Novi, MI (US);
Filip Tomik, Commerce Township, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Vehicles equipped with an automatic start-stop system may include an interface for conveying inhibitors preventing an engine from auto-stopping in addition to the status of the automatic start-stop system. The system may identify one or more inhibitors actively preventing an auto-stop event from occurring and select at least one of the active inhibitors based on a priority scheme. The interface may communicate the at least one selected inhibitor to a driver using a display or a speaker, or both.