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US 2019/0098705 A1Published application
Windshield defrost
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Tom F. Boettger, Terry R. Lobsinger
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Abstract
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to detect respective amounts of moisture accumulated on each of a plurality of windshield areas, and to actuate each of a plurality of heaters, each arranged on one of the windshield areas, based on the amount of moisture accumulated on each heater's respective windshield area.
Claims20
A system, comprising a processor;
- and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor, including to:
- detect respective amounts of moisture accumulated on each of a plurality of windshield areas;
- and
- actuate each of a plurality of heaters, each arranged on one of the windshield areas, based on the amount of moisture accumulated on each heater's respective windshield area.
1 more element
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of heaters each arranged on one of a plurality of windshield areas;
- a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor, including to:
- detect respective amounts of moisture accumulated on each of the plurality of windshield areas;
- and
- actuate each of the plurality of heaters based on the amount of moisture accumulated on each heater's respective windshield area.
2 more elements
A method, comprising:
- detecting respective amounts of moisture accumulated on each of a plurality of windshield areas;
- and
- actuating each of a plurality of heaters, each arranged on one of the windshield areas, based on the amount of moisture accumulated on each heater's respective windshield area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.