ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,772, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle limited-use system control using geo-fencing" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.) and Brendan F. Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle feature predesignated as limited-use and may determine that a conditional parameter for enabling the vehicle feature has been met, based at least on a present vehicle state. The vehicle engages the vehicle feature responsive to the present vehicle state meeting the conditional use parameter and monitors changes to the present vehicle state. Also,...