US 11,738,766 B2
Control of vehicle functions
Philipp Carlhoff, Herzogenrath (DE); Roman Atilla Koch, Aachen/Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE); Yuliya Aksyutina, Jülich (DE); Monika Angst, Aachen (DE); Rainer Busch, Aachen (DE); Cem Mengi, Aachen (DE); and Thomas Gerlitz, Aachen (DE)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/208,218.
Claims priority of application No. 102020109379.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0309245 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 50/085 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
upon determining a triggering event in a vehicle, selecting a vehicle function procedure schema that defines a sequence for carrying out a plurality of vehicle functions and that is associated with the triggering event;
generating and outputting a signal linking the selected vehicle function procedure schema to a service that abstracts vehicle-specific hardware and/or software properties for generating and outputting the control signals to vehicle function devices;
generating and outputting service signals, based on the signal linking the selected vehicle function procedure schema to a service, to control devices that control the vehicle function devices;
generating and outputting control signals based on the service signals to the vehicle function devices; and
performing vehicle functions based on the control signals.