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Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Sudipto Aich, Palo Alto, CA (US);

David Melcher, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Zachary David Nelson, Detroit, MI (US);

Christopher Peplin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jamel Seagraves, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B62J 99/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B62J 99/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/3676 (2013.01); B60L 2200/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01); B62J 2099/002 (2013.01); B62J 2099/004 (2013.01); B62J 2099/0013 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle system includes a charging interface that is configured to connect to a bicycle battery and a processing device programmed to determine a state of charge of the bicycle battery. The processing device further estimates traveling ranges of a vehicle and a bicycle. The vehicle system further includes a navigation module programmed to generate a route to a selected destination based on the estimated traveling ranges of the vehicle and the bicycle.


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