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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc, Plano, TX (US);
Nathan Wai, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Elliott Y. Vega, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Erik A. Wippler, Canton, MI (US);
Youngsuk Yoon, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a vehicle defogging system may include a side mirror defogger, one or more other vehicle defoggers, one or more sensors, and a control unit. The side mirror defogger is independently controllable from the one or more other vehicle defoggers. The one or more sensors are configured to output a signal indicative a substance on a side mirror of a vehicle. The control unit is configured to detect the substance on the side mirror based on the signal of the one or more sensors, and activate the side mirror defogger in response to detecting the substance on the side mirror.