Patent ID: 11904947
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A deployable splash guard system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a flap;
a sensor system; and
a control module programmed to analyze sensor data from the sensor system based on a weighting scheme for determining when to command deployment of the flap between a stowed position and a deployed position,
wherein the weighting scheme includes a first weighting factor assigned to a first sensor of the sensor system and a second weighting factor assigned to a second sensor of the sensor system,
wherein the second weighting factor is lower than the first weighting factor,
wherein the control module is programmed to assign a greater amount of weight to the sensor data from the first sensor compared to the sensor data from the second sensor when determining when to command the deployment of the flap.