Device for controlling defogging unit of vehicle
US11242035B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60H2001/3245
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device controls a defogging unit of a vehicle to be driven in a driving mode corresponding to a self-driving degree indicating a degree of depending on a self-driving system for a driving operation, and the defogging unit defogs a window of the vehicle. The device includes: an identification unit that identifies the self-driving degree; and a control execution unit that controls the anti-fogging function exhibited by the defogging unit. The self-driving degree is defined as exhibiting a higher value as the degree of depending on the self-driving system for the driving operation is larger. When the self-driving degree identified by the identification unit is a second value higher than a first value, the control execution unit controls the anti-fogging function executed by the defogging unit to be lower than that when the self-driving degree identified by the identification unit is the first value.
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