18501519. WEATHER DETECTION FOR A VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT (Ford Global Technologies, LLC)
WEATHER DETECTION FOR A VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam of Canton MI US
Robert Schroeter of Livonia MI US
Jake Schwartz of Dearborn MI US
Anthony Dwayne Cooprider of Rochester Hills MI US
WEATHER DETECTION FOR A VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18501519 titled 'WEATHER DETECTION FOR A VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT
Original Abstract Submitted
A weather detection system for a vehicle includes a weather sensor configured to sense an environmental condition of a region external to the vehicle in an operable state, an actuator for controlling a response to the environmental condition, a network interface configured to access weather data from a vehicle fleet, and control circuitry in communication with the weather sensor and the actuator. The control circuitry is configured to access the weather data via the network interface, compare the weather data to the environmental condition, detect an inoperable state of the weather sensor based on the comparison, and control the actuator based on detection of the inoperable state.