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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Kristopher Karl Brown, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joshua Wheeler, Trenton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exterior display apparatus for a vehicle comprises a display panel comprising a display surface in connection with an exterior portion of the vehicle. The system further comprises an acoustic vibration device dynamically coupled to the display surface and a sensor configured to detect a foreign material on a portion of the display screen. A controller is configured to identify a temperature of an environment proximate the vehicle. In response to the detection of the foreign material, the controller is configured to activate a plurality of vibration control routines of the acoustic vibrational device based on the temperature.