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US 10,589,742 B2Granted
Vehicle snow level response
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAed M. Dudar, Thomas G. Leone, Kenneth J. Miller
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Abstract
A system, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to determine a best-fit snow boundary in an image including a reference object, determine a snow level based on comparing the best-fit snow boundary to the image of the reference object, and operate a vehicle by actuating vehicle components based on the determined snow level.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining a best-fit snow boundary in an image including a reference object;
- determining a snow level based on comparing the best-fit snow boundary to the image of the reference object;
- and
- operating a vehicle by actuating vehicle components based on the determined snow level.
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A system, comprising a processor;
- and
- a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to:
- determine a best-fit snow boundary in an image including a reference object;
- determine a snow level based on comparing the best-fit snow boundary to the image of the reference object;
- and
- operate a vehicle by actuating vehicle components based on the determined snow level.
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A system, comprising
- a sensor operative to acquire an image;
- vehicle components operative to operate a vehicle;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to:
- determine a best-fit snow boundary in the image including a reference object;
- determine a snow level based on comparing the best-fit snow boundary to the image of the reference object;
- and
- operate the vehicle by actuating vehicle components based on the determined snow level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.