17888166. ADAPTIVE OFF-ROAD DRIVING FEATURE CONTROL simplified abstract (Ford Global Technologies, LLC)
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ADAPTIVE OFF-ROAD DRIVING FEATURE CONTROL
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Taylor Hawley of Oak Park MI (US)
Jeremy Lerner of Southfield MI (US)
Ali Abdallah of Dearborn MI (US)
Mohammad Abouali of Canton MI (US)
Andrew Edward Toy of Northville MI (US)
ADAPTIVE OFF-ROAD DRIVING FEATURE CONTROL - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17888166 titled 'ADAPTIVE OFF-ROAD DRIVING FEATURE CONTROL
Simplified Explanation
The system described in the patent application receives a request for course identification and determines specific off-road capabilities of a vehicle. It then presents selectable course options within a geographic area based on the vehicle's capabilities and receives a selection of a course. The system also identifies geographic change regions along the selected course where optional vehicle features should be engaged based on crowd-sourced data indicating high usage of the features by vehicles in those regions.
- System determines off-road capabilities of a vehicle
- Presents selectable course options based on vehicle capabilities
- Identifies geographic change regions for optional vehicle features based on crowd-sourced data
- Sends vehicle information on change regions and corresponding features
- Potential Applications
- Off-road vehicle navigation systems - Adventure tourism planning tools - Vehicle feature optimization for specific terrains
- Problems Solved
- Lack of personalized course options for off-road vehicles - Inefficient use of optional vehicle features in off-road settings - Limited access to crowd-sourced data for off-road terrain
- Benefits
- Improved off-road navigation experience - Enhanced safety for off-road vehicle users - Optimal engagement of vehicle features for terrain-specific challenges
Original Abstract Submitted
A system receives a request for course identification and determines specific vehicle off-road capabilities for a vehicle from which the request was received. The system determines, for presentation, one or more courses within a geographic area having terrain over which the vehicle can travel based on the determined capabilities and presents the one or more courses as selectable course options and receive selection of a course from the course options. Also, the system determines, for the selected course, geographic change regions where an optional vehicle feature should be engaged based on crowd-sourced data gathered for the selected course indicating that the vehicle feature is used by more than a threshold number of vehicles while traversing a travel region of the course following the change region and sends the vehicle the geographic change regions and the corresponding vehicle features.
