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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jason Joseph Woo, Northville, MI (US);
Jae Hyung Lim, Canton, MI (US);
James Issac, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jeremy Lerner, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G01C 21/3446 (2013.01); G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G01C 21/3617 (2013.01); G01C 21/3644 (2013.01); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0282 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a camera configured to capture an image; and a controller programmed to analyze quality of the image to calculate a lens cleanliness, responsive to detect the lens cleanliness being below a predefined threshold, identify a carwash station within a predefined distance from a navigation route, indicate the carwash station to a vehicle user, and responsive to receiving user input selecting the carwash station, set the carwash station as a navigation destination.