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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Prashant Dubey, Canton, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Jose Garcia Crespo, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Andre Sykula, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/0844 (2013.01); B60H 1/00735 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06K 9/4661 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor having a positive temperature coefficient shroud is described, as well as a computing system to control actuation of the positive temperature coefficient shroud. According to one example, the computing system executes a method that actuates the positive temperature coefficient shroud of the sensor based on a transmittance parameter of the sensor.