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US 2025/0115092 A1Published application
Apparatus for predicting quantity and direction of solar radiation
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSang Shin LEE, Myung Hun KANG
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Abstract
An apparatus for predicting a quantity and direction of solar radiation includes a sensor unit configured to measure an external temperature of a vehicle, an interior temperature of the vehicle, and a temperature of a windshield glass of the vehicle, a camera unit configured to capture driving environments outside the vehicle and a state of a driver, and a controller configured to predict the quantity of solar radiation based on the sensor unit, and to predict the direction of solar radiation through the camera unit.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to measure an external temperature of a vehicle, an interior temperature of the vehicle, and a temperature of a windshield glass of the vehicle;
- one or more cameras configured to capture images of a driving environment outside the vehicle and a driver of the vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to predict a quantity of solar radiation based on measurements of the one or more sensors and to predict a direction of solar radiation based on the images captured by the one or more cameras.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to measure an external temperature of a vehicle, an interior temperature of the vehicle, and a temperature of a windshield glass of the vehicle;
- one or more cameras configured to capture images of a driving environment outside the vehicle and a driver of the vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- based on measurements of the one or more sensors, calculate (i) a first quantity of heat of the windshield glass, (ii) a second quantity of heat exchanged between the windshield glass and an interior of the vehicle, and (iii) a third quantity of heat exchanged between the windshield glass and an outside of the vehicle,
- predict a quantity of solar radiation based on the first, second, and third quantities of heat, and
- predict a direction of solar radiation based on the images captured by the one or more cameras.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.