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US 10,952,282 B2Granted
Vehicle sensor cold mitigation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Aed M. Dudar
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Abstract
A cold vehicle sensor condition can be determined, and the sensor associated with one or more heat source subsystems that provide a heat byproduct during normal operation of the subsystem. At least some of the heat byproduct can be diverted to heat the sensor. The heat source subsystem selected can be based on a proximity to the associated sensor.
Claims20
A vehicle system, comprising a computer that includes a processor and a memory, wherein the computer is programmed to:
- determine a cold condition of a vehicle sensor;
- identify a vehicle subsystem from a plurality of available subsystems that each provide a heat byproduct during operation based on data specifying the vehicle subsystem as a heat source for the vehicle sensor for which the cold condition is determined;
- and
- divert at least some of the heat byproduct from the identified subsystem to the vehicle sensor.
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A method comprising:
- determining a cold condition of a vehicle sensor;
- identifying a vehicle subsystem from a plurality of available subsystems and that each provide a heat byproduct during operation based on data specifying the vehicle subsystem as a heat source for the vehicle sensor for which the cold condition is determined;
- and
- diverting at least some of the heat byproduct from the identified subsystem to the vehicle sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.