Method and apparatus for scheduling vehicle startup

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10328873-B2
Application number	US-201414277145-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2014
Priority date	May 14, 2014
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

A computer implemented method includes logging vehicle startup information. The method also includes determining, via a computer, if timing commonalities exist between logged vehicle startup information instances. Further, the method includes recommending automatic vehicle startup, based on a threshold number of timing commonalities. The method also includes formulating recommended start times based on logged vehicle startup information instances having timing commonalities. The method additionally includes presenting a schedule including recommended start times to a vehicle user and scheduling automatic vehicle startups upon vehicle user acceptance of the presented schedule.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a processor configured to:
log vehicle start times;
determine if timing commonalities exist between logged vehicle start time instances;
based on a threshold number of timing commonalities, within a user-defined deviance, recommend automatic start;
formulate recommended start times based on logged start time instances having timing commonalities;
present a schedule including recommended start times; and
schedule automatic vehicle startups upon vehicle user acceptance of the presented schedule.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the commonalities are defined by parameters including at least a threshold number of timing commonalities.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to instruct presentation of the schedule via a vehicle interface.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the startup time includes remote start time.

5. A system comprising:
a processor configured to:
log vehicle start times;
determine if timing variances greater than a user-defined timing threshold exist between logged start times and scheduled start times;
based on a user-defined threshold number of variances greater than the threshold, formulate new recommended start times based on logged vehicle startup information;
present a new schedule including new recommended start times; and
reschedule automatic vehicle startups upon vehicle user acceptance of the new schedule.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Petersen Brian
• Rork Joseph Paul

Classifications

• F02D29/02

  peculiar to engines driving vehicles; peculiar to engines driving variable pitch propellers · CPC title

• B60R16/023 Primary

  for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G07C5/0841

  Registering performance data (recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B) · CPC title

• G06Q10/00

  Administration; Management · CPC title