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

Claim 0:
1. 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;
a computerized navigational system operable to provide a planned navigational route; 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 data includes a vehicle position;
wherein comparing the data to the threshold value includes determining whether the vehicle position is within a threshold distance of a planned lane change within the planned navigational route; and
wherein generating the command to the power shade includes commanding the power shade to retract based upon the comparing.