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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/18 (2012.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18009 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01N 15/06 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0693 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dust resuspension system for a vehicle includes one or more dust sensors mounted to a roof, the dust sensors being configured to observe a part of a roadway surface situated ahead of the vehicle in a direction of travel and provide data of a magnitude of a road dust load of the roadway surface based on type of road surface. The system also includes a device configured to, in response to the data indicating that the magnitude of the road dust load being above a predefined threshold, implement a dust resuspension measure, wherein the measure activates a brake system to impose a forced speed restriction.