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

Claim 5:
6. A vehicle defogging system, comprising:
a side mirror defogger;
one or more sensors configured to output a signal indicative of a substance on a side mirror of a vehicle;
network interface hardware; and
a control unit configured to:
detect the substance on the side mirror based on the signal from the one or more sensors;
retrieve current weather data with the network interface hardware from one or more data servers;
confirm, based on the current weather data, that the substance is one of fog, frost, or snow;
automatically activate the side mirror defogger in response to confirmation that the substance is one of fog, frost, or snow; and

activate the side mirror defogger automatically in response to the confirmation that the substance is one of fog, frost, or snow.