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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Arun Dutta, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nithya Somanath, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Colleen Cauvet, Canton, MI (US);
Collin Hurley, Canton, MI (US);
David Hamilton, Troy, MI (US);
Donald Paul Bilger, Livonia, MI (US);
Javier Onate, Muncie, DE (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Upon determining a mobile object is approaching an ice layer above a body of water, a thermal image of the ice layer is obtained. The thermal image and ambient temperature data are input to a neural network that outputs a plurality of regions of the ice layer and respective estimated thicknesses for the regions. A classification for each region is determined based on its estimated thickness and the mobile object. The classification is one of preferred or nonpreferred. The classifications for the regions are output.