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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2009
Wilford Trent Yopp, Canton, MI (US);
Peter Gyumyeong Joh, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Wangdong Luo, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Wilford Trent Yopp, Canton, MI (US);
Peter Gyumyeong Joh, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Wangdong Luo, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for determining if a windshield wiper of a vehicle should be automatically activated. The system and method may include a sensor system that receives at least one distance signal indicative of a distance between an object and a front windshield of the vehicle. The sensor system may further receive a relative velocity of the object using the at least one distance signal, the relative velocity being indicative of a velocity between the object and the front windshield of the vehicle. The sensor system may determine whether a windshield wiper should be automatically activated in response to the distance signal being within a distance activation range and the relative velocity being within a velocity activation range or the relative velocity exceeding a maximum velocity threshold.