公开(公告)号：US20080291001A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-27

申请号：US11752885

申请日：2007-05-23

申请人： Martin Jay Caspe-Detzer ,  Andrew Joseph Ressa ,  Phu Vi Tran ,  Ian David O'Connor ,  John William Espinosa ,  Paul Stephen Crowe

发明人： Martin Jay Caspe-Detzer ,  Andrew Joseph Ressa ,  Phu Vi Tran ,  Ian David O'Connor ,  John William Espinosa ,  Paul Stephen Crowe

IPC分类号： B60Q1/00

CPC分类号： F02D41/042 ,  F02D2200/604

摘要： Aspects of the present invention are directed at allowing a vehicle to idle for a predetermined amount of time before shutdown. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided that accepts input from the vehicle operator to initiate a countdown to vehicle shutdown. When the input is received, a countdown is initiated that is regularly updated to reflect the passage of time. During the countdown, a vehicle ignition bus is maintained in an active state and a countdown value that reflects the time remaining before shutdown is presented on a graphical display. Then, in response to expiration of the countdown, the method allows the vehicle ignition bus to transition into an inactive state.

摘要翻译： 本发明的方面涉及允许车辆在停机之前怠速预定的时间量。 根据一个实施例，提供了一种接受来自车辆操作者的输入以启动对车辆关闭的倒计时的方法。 当收到输入时，启动定期更新的倒计时反映时间的流逝。 在倒计时期间，车辆点火总线保持在活动状态，并且在图形显示器上呈现反映停机之前剩余时间的倒计时值。 然后，响应于倒数计时结束，该方法允许车辆点火总线转换到非活动状态。