Patent ID: 8941344
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle wiper control system, comprising: an actuator coupled to the wiper and operable to selectively move the wiper from a normal operating position engaged with a vehicle surface to be wiped and to a deployed position not engaged with said vehicle surface; and a controller communicated with the actuator and with a source of weather information regarding one or more weather factors, the controller being operable to cause the actuator to move the wiper from its normal position to its deployed position when one or more of the weather factors are at or beyond a threshold for said one or more weather factors, wherein the controller is responsive to a predicted temperature in the area of the vehicle that is below a threshold temperature, and wherein the predicted temperature includes one or both of an earlier predicted temperature for the then current time or a predicted temperature for a future time.