Patent ID: 11964633
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle defogging system, comprising:
a side mirror defogger;
one or more other vehicle defoggers; wherein the side mirror defogger is independently controllable from the one or more other vehicle defoggers;
one or more sensors configured to output a signal indicative a substance on a side mirror of a vehicle; and
a control unit configured to:
detect the substance on the side mirror based on the signal of the one or more sensors;
retrieve current weather data from one or more data sources in response to detection of the substance;
confirm, based on the current weather data, that the substance is one of fog, frost, or snow; and
activate the side mirror defogger in response to the confirming that the substance is one of fog, frost, or snow.