Vehicle flood detection
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1. A vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
a humidity sensor;
a GPS receiver to determine a vehicle location;
a communication module; and
a control module to;
collect, via the humidity sensor, a humidity measurement within the engine in response to detecting a flood characteristic;
collect a humidity level of the vehicle location;
identify a flooding event when the humidity measurement exceeds the humidity level by a predetermined threshold; and
record the flooding event with a remote server via the communication module.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle flood detection. An example vehicle includes an engine, a humidity sensor, a GPS receiver to determine a vehicle location, a communication module, and a control module. The control module is to collect, via the humidity sensor, a humidity measurement within the engine and collect a humidity level of the vehicle location. The control module also is to identify a flooding event when the humidity measurement exceeds the humidity level by a predetermined threshold and record the flooding event with a remote server via the communication module.
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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an engine; a humidity sensor; a GPS receiver to determine a vehicle location; a communication module; and a control module to; collect, via the humidity sensor, a humidity measurement within the engine in response to detecting a flood characteristic; collect a humidity level of the vehicle location; identify a flooding event when the humidity measurement exceeds the humidity level by a predetermined threshold; and record the flooding event with a remote server via the communication module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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determining a vehicle location via a GPS receiver; collecting, via a humidity sensor, an engine humidity measurement responsive to detecting a flood characteristic; collecting a humidity level of the vehicle location via a vehicle communication module; identifying, via a processor, a flooding event responsive to determining the engine humidity measurement exceeds the humidity level by a predetermined threshold; and recording, via the vehicle communication module, the flooding event with a remote server.
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