Rain onset detection glazing auto-close
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohn Robert Van Wiemeersch, Patrick Kevin Holub
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Abstract
A vehicle system may include a plurality of exterior capacitive sensors, such as door handles, and a controller in communication with the plurality of capacitive sensors. The controller may be configured to identify a rain condition based on sensor data received from at least one of the exterior capacitive sensors of the vehicle; ensure an absence of a key fob in proximity of the at least one locked handle and an absence of a subsequent door opening occurrence when unlocked to confirm the rain condition; and initiate a closure action to a power actuator associated with an open vehicle window for a confirmed rain condition.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a vehicle controller, a rain condition based on sensor data received from at least one capacitive handle of a vehicle;
- ensuring an absence of a key fob in proximity of the at least one capacitive handle and an absence of a door-opening occurrence to confirm the rain condition;
- and
- initiating a closure action to a power actuator associated with an open vehicle window in response to the confirmed rain condition.
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of capacitive sensors on an exterior of a vehicle;
- and
- a controller in communication with the plurality of capacitive sensors and configured to:
- identify, by the controller, a rain condition based on sensor data received from at least one capacitive sensor of the plurality of capacitive sensors;
- ensure an absence of a key fob in proximity of the at least one capacitive sensor and an absence of a door-opening occurrence to confirm the rain condition;
- and
- initiate a closure action to a power actuator associated with an open vehicle window in response to the confirmed rain condition.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a software program executable by a processor of a controller to provide operations comprising:
- identifying, by the controller, a possible rain condition based on sensor data received from at least one capacitive handle of a vehicle;
- ensuring an absence of a key fob in proximity of at least one locked door handle and an absence of a subsequent door-opening occurrence of an unlocked vehicle door to confirm the rain condition;
- and
- initiating a closure action to a power actuator associated with an open vehicle window in response to the confirmed rain condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.