Patent ID: 11912279
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for limiting operation of a vehicle, comprising:
receiving a plurality of vehicle behavior requests from each of a plurality of vehicle features to a state machine of a vehicle function limiting service, where each of the plurality of vehicle features selects vehicle behavior requests from two groups of predefined vehicle behaviors, where the two groups of predefined vehicle behaviors is comprised of vehicle behaviors that are not actuator requests, and where the vehicle behaviors describe how a vehicle responds;
resolving conflicts between the plurality of vehicle behavior requests and assigning priority levels to the plurality of vehicle behavior requests via the state machine;
matching the plurality of vehicle behavior requests to a vehicle configuration via a plurality of logic modules to indicate which of one or more actuators provide the plurality of vehicle behavior requests; and
adjusting the one or more actuators according to output of the vehicle function limiting service.