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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Christos Kyrtsos, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Michael Buckenmeyer, Columbus, IN (US);
Kenneth Gerard Brown, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Christos Kyrtsos, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Michael Buckenmeyer, Columbus, IN (US);
Kenneth Gerard Brown, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for predicting an ambient temperature around a moving motor vehicle includes utilizing measured ambient temperatures and Newton's Cooling Law. A linear best fit line describing the time constant as a function of vehicle speed can be generated utilizing measured data. In use, the b values can be determined from the best fit line, and the b values can be utilized to provide a predicted or estimated ambient temperature before the measured temperatures drop to the ambient temperature.