Systems and methods for mitigating wind throb in vehicles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsWilliam Dean, Richard A. Kreder, William S. Gulker, Chris Murray, Ibaa Al hayek, Newton A. G. Filho
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Abstract
Systems and methods for mitigating wind throb in vehicles are disclosed herein. An example method includes detecting wind throb in a cabin of a vehicle due to opening of a first window of the vehicle, determining when a seat that is adjacent to a second window of the vehicle is unoccupied, opening the second window when the seat is determined to be unoccupied so as to compensate for the wind throb, determining that the first window has been closed, and closing the second window in response to closing of the first window.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- detecting wind throb in a cabin of a vehicle due to opening of a first window of the vehicle;
- determining when a seat that is adjacent to a second window of the vehicle is unoccupied;
- opening the second window when the seat is determined to be unoccupied to compensate for the wind throb;
- determining that the first window is being closed;
- and
- closing the second window in response to closing of the first window,
- wherein the first window and the second window are opened a predetermined level, further wherein when the first window is opened more than the predetermined level and the first window is closed, the second window is caused to move in tandem with the first window when the first window reaches the predetermined level.
A device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory for storing instructions, the processor executing the instructions to:
- detect opening of a first window of a vehicle;
- determine when a seat that is adjacent to a second window of the vehicle is unoccupied;
- open the second window when the seat is determined to be unoccupied so as to compensate for wind throb caused by opening of the first window;
- determine that the first window has been closed;
- and
- close the second window in response to closing of the first window.
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a first seat adjacent to a first window;
- a second seat adjacent to a second window;
- and
- a controller comprising a processor and memory for storing instructions, the processor being configured to execute the instructions to:
- detect opening of the first window of the vehicle;
- determine when the second seat that is adjacent to the second window of the vehicle is unoccupied;
- and
- open the second window when the seat is determined to be unoccupied so as to compensate for wind throb caused by opening of the first window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.