Wet seat detection
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Michael Herman, Aaron Lesky, Ronald Beras, Nathaniel Martin Pressel
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Abstract
A system comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a baseline polarization for a surface of a material based on a first polarimetric image of the surface, to determine a second polarization for the surface based on a second polarimetric image of the surface, to determine, based on the baseline polarization data and the second polarization data, that there is a wet area on the surface, and upon determining the wet area, actuate an actuator to cause a clean the surface.
Claims20
A system, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine a baseline polarization for a surface of a material based on a first polarimetric image of the surface;
- determine a second polarization for the surface based on a second polarimetric image of the surface;
- determine, based on the baseline polarization data and the second polarization data, that there is a wet area on the surface;
- and
- upon determining the wet area, actuate an actuator to cause a clean the surface.
A method, comprising:
- determining a baseline polarization for a surface of a material based on a first polarimetric image of the surface;
- determining a second polarization for the surface based on a second polarimetric image of the surface;
- determining, based on the baseline polarization data and the second polarization data, that there is a wet area on the surface;
- and
- upon determining the wet area, actuating an actuator to cause a clean the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.