A vehicle includes at least one autonomous driving sensor and an autonomous mode controller configured to receive signals generated by the autonomous driving sensor. The autonomous mode controller controls at least one vehicle subsystem based at least in part on the signals received 420, 425. The autonomous mode controller is configured to shade at least one vehicle window when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode 435. Preferably the vehicle may lower or raise a shade when operating in an autonomous mode and raise a shade prior to operating in a non-autonomous mode. The shade may cover a windscreen / windshield (110A, Figure 1) or may cover a vehicle passenger or river side window (110C, 110D, Figure 1). Shading a window may include selectively tinting a window and a light sensor may be present to measure the ambient light external to the vehicle and the shading may be in response to a sensed external light level. A system and method for selectively shading a window are also disclosed.
Autonomous vehicle with automatic window shade
2015-11-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60J WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES , Fenster, Windschutzscheiben und bewegbare Dächer, Türen oder Ähnliches für Fahrzeuge |