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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Brent Navin Roger Bacchus, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Donald K. Grimm, Utica, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for estimating cloud cover from moving vehicles includes: vehicle mounted sensors communicating with one or more control modules. The control modules have processors, memory, and input/output (I/O) ports. The I/O ports of the control modules of the vehicles communicate with the sensors. The control modules execute program code stored in the memory including first and second algorithm portions. The first algorithm portion, collects sensor data from the sensors, estimates atmospheric parameters from the sensor data; and computes measurement coordinates from the sensor data and atmospheric parameters. The second algorithm portion generates and selectively updates a cloud map based on from data received from the first algorithm portion, and from high-definition map (HD Map) data.