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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark A. Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Andrew Waldis, Orion Township, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew Y. Rupp, Canton, MI (US);
Wilford Trent Yopp, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes at least one autonomous driving sensor and an autonomous mode controller configured to receive signals generated by the autonomous driving sensor. The autonomous mode controller controls at least one vehicle subsystem based at least in part on the signals received. Furthermore, the autonomous mode controller is configured to shade at least one vehicle window when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode.