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US 10,706,293 B1Granted
Vehicle camera clearness detection and alert
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsOliver Lei, Allen R. Murray, Brian Bennie, Mahmoud Y. Ghannam
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Abstract
A method of operating a vehicle may include detecting that a vehicle user is exiting the vehicle, that a user is approaching the vehicle or that the user remote starts the vehicle. Upon the one of these events occurring, automatically conducting a camera lens clearness test. If the test detects an unclear camera lens, notifying the user while outside of the vehicle that the camera lens needs cleaning.
Claims12
A method of operating a vehicle comprising:
- detecting that a vehicle user is exiting the vehicle;
- upon detecting the user exiting the vehicle, automatically conducting a camera lens clearness test;
- and
- if the test detects an unclear camera lens, notifying the user while outside of the vehicle that the camera lens needs cleaning.
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A method of operating a vehicle comprising:
- detecting that a user is approaching the vehicle;
- upon detecting that the user is approaching the vehicle, automatically conducting a camera lens test;
- and
- if the test conducted upon detecting that the user is approaching the vehicle detects that a camera lens is unclear, notifying the user while outside of the vehicle that the camera lens needs cleaning.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.