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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Fling Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Imad Hassan Makki, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Robert Roy Jentz, Westland, MI (US);
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
John Ottavio Michelini, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for improving the frequency of attempting and successfully completing one or more on-board diagnostic routines. Engine operating conditions are predicted based on a vehicle operator's driving pattern and routines are initiated if the predicted conditions match the conditions required for performing the routine. If the conditions do not match, entry and/or execution conditions of the routine are adjusted to better match the predicted conditions, so as to enable the routine to be attempted.