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

Claim 11:
12. A method for vehicular power shade control, comprising:
within a computerized power shade controller of a vehicle, operating programming to:
monitor data related to the vehicle provided by a sensor;
compare the data to a threshold value;
monitor a planned navigational route from a computerized navigational system; and
generate a command to a power shade based upon the comparing, wherein the power shade is operable to selectively deploy and retract in relation to a corresponding window of the vehicle;

wherein monitoring the data includes monitoring 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.