Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deterrence of ignition of a vehicle engine when a fuel nozzle is in a fuel intake area
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Application No.: US15273520Application Date: 2016-09-22
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Publication No.: US09938951B1Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam , Muhannad Hamdan , Ahmad Maarouf , Swadad A. Carremm
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Agent James P. Muraff
- Main IPC: F02N15/10
- IPC: F02N15/10 ; B60K15/04 ; B60R11/04 ; B60R1/12 ; H04N7/18 ; G06K9/00 ; B60K15/03

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are disclosed for deterrence of ignition of a vehicle engine ignition when a fuel nozzle is in a fuel intake area. An example vehicle includes a fuel intake area, a camera, and a processor. The example processor, in response to an ignition switch being in an on-position, is to detect, via the camera, whether a fuel nozzle is in the fuel intake area. The example processor is to deter ignition of a vehicle engine when the fuel nozzle is in the fuel intake area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180080427A1 DETERRENCE OF IGNITION OF A VEHICLE ENGINE WHEN A FUEL NOZZLE IS IN A FUEL INTAKE AREA Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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