Patent ID: 11951812
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a sunshade for a window capable of being automatically activated to shade the window and deactivated to unshade the window;
at least one processor in operable communication with the sunshade, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute program instructions, wherein the program instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to:
receive a route plan from a first location to a second location;
predict a sun parameter indicative of sun glare on the window for the route plan based on solar direction and vehicle heading at distributed locations throughout the route plan, wherein the program instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to predict the sun parameter by:
dividing the route plan into segments;
calculating, for each segment, an amount of time sun is facing an occupant based on vehicle heading, solar direction, location of the window, nominal location of the occupant, and driving time for the segment, wherein the driving time for the segment is calculated based on predicted speed and length of the segment; and
totaling the amounts of time the sun is facing the occupant for each segment; and
activate the sunshade based on the sun parameter.