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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Andre Sykula, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Jose Garcia Crespo, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/48 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/485 (2013.01); G01F 23/0007 (2013.01); G06K 9/00832 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer is programmed to, upon determining that obstruction of a window exceeds a first threshold and that a fluid level of a reservoir is above both of two level sensors vertically spaced in the reservoir, pump fluid from the reservoir toward the window; and upon determining that obstruction of an external sensor exceeds a second threshold and that the fluid level is above at least one of the level sensors, pump fluid from the reservoir toward the external sensor.