Wind monitoring system for a vehicle

A wind monitoring system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• defining, via a plurality of ultrasonic sensors, a plurality of detection zones;
• capturing, via the plurality of ultrasonic sensors, wind data from one or more of the plurality of detection zones;
• determining, via a wind monitoring application, a wind direction and a wind magnitude based on the wind data;
• receiving, at the wind monitoring application, weather data;
• executing, via the wind monitoring application, a fusion function on the wind data, the weather data, and vehicle dynamics to define fused wind data;
• executing, based on the fused wind data, a crosswind assist function of the wind monitoring application;
• and
• executing, via the wind monitoring application, lateral controls of the crosswind assist function.

A wind monitoring system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• defining, via a plurality of ultrasonic sensors, a plurality of detection zones;
• capturing, via the plurality of ultrasonic sensors, wind data from one or more of the plurality of detection zones;
• determining, via a wind monitoring application, a wind direction and a wind magnitude based on the wind data;
• receiving, at the wind monitoring application, weather data;
• executing, via the wind monitoring application, a fusion function on the wind data, the weather data, and vehicle dynamics to define fused wind data;
• receiving, at the wind monitoring application, object data;
• executing, based on the fused wind data and the object data, a criticality function;
• generating, via the criticality function, a criticality value based on the object data;
• determining, based on the fused wind data, at least one of the wind direction and the wind magnitude exceed the criticality value;
• executing, based on the fused wind data and one of the wind direction and the wind magnitude exceeding the criticality value, a crosswind assist function of the wind monitoring application;
• executing, via the wind monitoring application, lateral controls of the crosswind assist function;
• and
• issuing an alert in response to one of the wind direction and the wind magnitude exceeding the criticality value.