Apparatus and method that mitigate surface occlusion
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsTaeyoung Han, Bahram Khalighi
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Abstract
An apparatus configured to mitigate surface occlusion is provided. The apparatus includes a surface, an occlusion mitigating element integrated with the surface; and a controller configured to determine at least one of a fog condition or an ice condition based on an offset temperature, and control the occlusion mitigating element according to the determined at least one of the fog condition and the ice condition, a surface temperature of the surface, a dew point temperature, and the offset temperature.
Claims20
An apparatus configured to mitigate surface occlusion, the apparatus comprising:
- a surface;
- an occlusion mitigating element integrated with the surface;
- and
- a controller configured to determine at least one of a fog condition or an ice condition based on an offset temperature from a surface temperature, and control the occlusion mitigating element according to the determined at least one of the fog condition and the ice condition, the surface temperature of the surface, a dew point temperature, and the offset temperature.
A method of mitigating surface occlusion, the method comprising
- determining at least one of a fog condition or an ice condition based on an offset temperature from a surface temperature;
- and
- in response to determining the at least one the fog condition or the ice condition is in effect, controlling an occlusion mitigating element according to the determined at least one of the fog condition and the ice condition, the surface temperature of the surface, a dew point temperature, and the offset temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.