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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Cindy Anne Peters, Canton, MI (US);
Mark Edward Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Sabrina Louise Peczonczyk, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kerrie Nikaido Holguin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Elyssa Kayser, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01); G01S 17/95 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); G01S 17/95 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0043 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4977 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a processor programmed to receive sensor signals from a LIDAR sensor. The processor estimates frost accumulation on the LIDAR sensor from the sensor signals and compares the estimated frost accumulation to a predetermined threshold. The processor further prevents a host vehicle from operating in an autonomous mode if the estimated frost accumulation exceeds the predetermined threshold.