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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mike James Whitens, Novi, MI (US);
Clay Wesley Maranville, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Cynthia Mowery Flanigan, Canton, MI (US);
Victoria Leigh Schein, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for infrared sensor arrays for monitoring vehicle occupants and windows. An example vehicle includes a side window and an infrared sensor array. The infrared sensor array includes first pixels of measurement resolution to monitor an occupant and second pixels of measurement resolution to monitor the side window. The example vehicle also includes a cabin environment controller to detect, via the first pixels, whether a body temperature of the occupant is outside a predetermined temperature range and detect, via the second pixels, whether fog is on the side window.