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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfburg, DE;
Inventor:
Christian Jördens, Braunschweig, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/143 (2013.01); B60H 1/00778 (2013.01); G08G 1/145 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a degree of shade for a parking position for a vehicle having a sensor device which determines an outside temperature and an interior temperature for the vehicle. The apparatus also includes an evaluation device which takes the outside temperature and the interior temperature as a basis for determining whether the vehicle is in a shaded or sunny parking position and a transmission device which sends information about the degree of shade for the parking position of the vehicle to a processing device.