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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert Schroeter, Livonia, MI (US);
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Aaron L. Mills, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle including a glazing, a wiper, a detection unit and a processor is disclosed. The detection unit may be configured to capture images of a vehicle interior portion and a vehicle surrounding. The processor may be configured to determine a precipitation intensity and that the vehicle may be in a stationary state. The processor may further determine that a user located in the vehicle interior portion may be looking out of the vehicle through the glazing based on inputs obtained from the detection unit, responsive to determining that the vehicle may be in the stationary state. The processor may further cause a wiper movement at a speed associated with the precipitation intensity, when the user may be looking out of the vehicle through the glazing.