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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc, Superior Township, MI (US);
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Scott Sarnia, Newport, MI (US);
Ryan Fortier, Haslett, MI (US);
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc, Superior Township, MI (US);
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A system includes: at least one resistive humidity sensor disposed on a window of a vehicle and configured to detect a presence of fog formed on a surface of the window and to output a signal indicating whether the presence of fog formed on the surface of the window has been detected; a defogging unit equipped in the vehicle and configured to defog the window of the vehicle; and a controller coupled to the at least one resistive humidity sensor and the defogging unit and configured to receive the signal from the at least one resistive humidity sensor, to determine whether fog has formed on the surface of the window based on the received signal, and to actuate the defogging unit when it is determined that fog has formed on the surface of the window.