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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Tuan Anh Be, Livonia, MI (US);
Mark Douglas Malone, Canton, MI (US);
Kirk Pebley, Novi, MI (US);
Hank L. Kwong, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
William Najib Mansur, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Vehicles capable of operating in an energy conserving mode may include an interface for conveying inhibitors preventing activation of the energy conserving mode. The system may identify the inhibiting features and prompt an operator of the vehicle for authorization to disable the inhibiting features or adjust the feature states to enable the energy conserving mode. In response to receiving authorization, the system may automatically control feature interfaces to remove inhibits to the energy conserving mode. The interface may communicate active inhibitors to an operator using a display or a speaker, or both. Additionally, the interface may query the operator to approve automatic deactivation of the inhibiting features and facilitate the receipt of operator input to the query.