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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alfred Green, Belleville, MI (US);
David Karl Bidner, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); B60R 1/10 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/0877 (2013.01); B60R 1/001 (2013.01); B60R 1/10 (2013.01); G01S 7/4818 (2013.01); G01S 17/023 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes an optical fiber embedded in a windshield. The system includes a reflector embedded in the windshield and oriented to reflect light to a first end of the optical fiber. The system includes a sensor oriented to receive light from a second end of the optical fiber.