Patent ID: 11858318
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A system for vehicular power shade control, comprising:
a power shade operable to selectively deploy and retract in relation to a corresponding window of a vehicle;
a sensor providing data related to the vehicle; and
a computerized power shade controller operating programming to:
monitor the data from the sensor;
compare the data to a threshold value; and
generate a command to the power shade based upon the comparing, wherein:
the sensor includes a camera device;
the camera device is operable to determine a presence of other vehicles close to the vehicle;
comparing the data to a threshold value includes determining whether one of the other vehicles stays close to the vehicle for more than a threshold time; and
generating a command to the power shade based upon the comparing includes commanding the power shade to deploy based upon the comparing.