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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hsin-hsiang Yang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02D 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 29/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system having at least one sensor configured to output a range signal and a range-rate signal. The range signal represents a distance from a host vehicle to the front vehicle and the range-rate signal represents range-rate information of the front vehicle relative to the host vehicle. A processing device is configured to output a control signal based on the range signal and the range-rate signal. The control signal commands an engine of the host vehicle to start.