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公开(公告)号：US20240123944A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-18
申请号：US18148321
申请日：2022-12-29
Applicant: Motional AD LLC
Inventor： Lin Luo , Arthur Safira , Ting Wang
CPC classification number: B60S1/0818 , B60S1/542 , B60S1/56
Abstract: Provided are devices for camera cleaning and flare reduction for vehicles, which can include a cleaning device for cleaning a transparent window of a housing containing a camera system. The devices can include optical panels with different properties that can be moved in front of the transparent window for flare reduction. Methods are provided which can include analyzing at least one image to determine a presence of an optical flare within the at least one image, and, based on detecting the optical flare, causing at least one optical panel to be moved into a position in front of a lens of the imaging device. Computer program products are also provided.
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公开(公告)号：US20240101070A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-28
申请号：US18267383
申请日：2021-11-19
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor： Tatsuya INOUE
Abstract: A cleaner system for cleaning a sensor mounted on a vehicle includes a first cleaner unit configured to clean a first sensor, a second cleaner unit configured to clean a second sensor different from the first sensor, and a solenoid valve configured to switch a duct of a cleaning medium supplied from a supply source. The solenoid valve is switchable such that the duct is connected to the first cleaner unit during non-energization, and the duct is connected to the second cleaner unit during energization, and the first sensor is provided in front of the second sensor in the vehicle.
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23.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240051501A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-15
申请号：US17818871
申请日：2022-08-10
Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGEIS, LLC
CPC classification number: B60S1/56 , B60S1/54 , B60S1/52 , B60S1/50 , B60S1/481 , G02B27/0006 , H04N5/2252 , H04N5/22521
Abstract: A cleaning device for a vehicle sensor includes: a housing having an open first end, an open second end, and a passageway extending between the open first end and the open second end; and at least one nozzle at least partially positioned within the passageway of the housing. The at least one nozzle includes an outlet that provides at least one liquid stream through the open first end of the housing towards a lens or cover of the vehicle sensor. The housing is positioned such that air streams passing through the passageway pass through the open first end of the housing towards the lens or cover of the vehicle sensor with the at least one liquid stream. A sensor assembly and sensor system including the cleaning device are also disclosed herein.
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公开(公告)号：US11892564B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-06
申请号：US17038133
申请日：2020-09-30
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor： Rashaun Phinisee , Raghuraman Surineedi , Venkatesh Krishnan , Segundo Baldovino , Taneshia Turner , Michael Robertson, Jr.
IPC: G01S1/54 , G01S7/481 , G01S17/10 , B60S1/54 , G01P3/481 , B60S1/56 , G01S17/931 , B60S1/08 , B60S1/52
CPC classification number: G01S7/4813 , B60S1/0848 , B60S1/52 , B60S1/54 , B60S1/56 , G01P3/481 , G01S17/10 , G01S17/931
Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis and an air nozzle positioned at one end of the sensor window and shaped to direct airflow in a direction parallel to the axis across the sensor window. The air nozzle extends circumferentially relative to the axis around the sensor window. The nozzle is formed of an inner edge and an outer edge each extending circumferentially relative to the axis around the sensor window. The inner edge is circular with a radius at least as great as an outer radius of the sensor window. The outer edge includes a first portion with a semicircular shape with a radius smaller than the outer radius of the sensor window and a second portion that extends circumferentially relative to the axis around the sensor window from the first portion to the first portion at a constant radial distance from the inner edge.
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公开(公告)号：US20230391293A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-07
申请号：US18235993
申请日：2023-08-21
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor： Masaru SAKAI , Kazuki KWAMURA , Akinobu Kubota , Massaki SATO
CPC classification number: B60S1/56 , B60S1/52 , B60S1/54 , G07C5/0825 , G05D1/0061
Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to clean an external sensor acquiring information on outside of the vehicle; an advanced notification information acquiring unit configured to acquire expressway advanced notification information notifying that the vehicle has arrived within a predetermined distance from an entrance of an expressway; and a cleaner control unit configured to, when the advanced notification information acquiring unit has acquired the expressway advanced notification information, control the cleaner unit to clean the external sensor or diagnose whether or not the external sensor needs to be cleaned by the cleaner unit.
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公开(公告)号：US20230391292A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-07
申请号：US18200866
申请日：2023-05-23
Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH
Inventor： Christian JACKL , Georg PITTERLE , Thomas REITER
Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a cover lens of a vehicle headlamp is configured to generate an airstream and direct it towards the cover lens. The cleaning device includes at least one air stream device (ASD) configured to generate at least one airstream in an airflow direction. Each ASD includes an air chamber having a spreading section for spreading the received air, a homogenization section for homogenizing the spread air, and a nozzle for outputting the received air in the airflow direction and forming the respective airstream. The spreading section includes a guide channel configured to spread the received air transversely to the airflow direction and to guide the received air to the homogenization section. The ASD is formed by: (i) a main component including parts of each of the spreading section, homogenization section, and nozzle of the air chamber of each ASD, (ii) a separation component including parts of the spreading section and nozzle, wherein the separation and main components form the spreading section of each ASD, and (iii) a cover component including parts of the homogenization portion and nozzle, wherein the cover, main, and separation components form the homogenization section and the nozzle of the ASD.
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公开(公告)号：US20230379560A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-23
申请号：US17745981
申请日：2022-05-17
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
CPC classification number: H04N5/22521 , G01S7/497 , H04N5/2252 , H04N5/247 , B60S1/54 , G01S2007/4977 , B60S1/56
Abstract: A vehicle includes a window; a sensor housing including an air inlet, a first air outlet, and a second air outlet; an image sensor supported by the sensor housing; and a blower positioned to draw in air through the air inlet and expel the air through the first air outlet and the second air outlet. The first air outlet is aimed at the image sensor, and the second air outlet is aimed at the window.
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公开(公告)号：US11796656B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-24
申请号：US16637445
申请日：2017-08-30
Applicant: CPAC SYSTEMS AB
Inventor： Peter Forsberg , Oskar Noresson
CPC classification number: G01S7/4972 , B60S1/48 , B60S1/54 , B60S1/56 , G01S7/4813 , G01S17/931
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor mounting device for mounting a sensor to an object The device comprises an object attachment member for attaching the sensor mounting device to the object, a sensor attachment member for attaching the sensor to the sensor mounting device, wherein the object attachment member and the sensor attachment member are located at a distance from each other in a longitudinal direction of the sensor mounting device. The object attachment member and the sensor attachment member are connected by at least two connecting elements, and the at least two connecting elements are adapted to adjust an inclination of the object attachment member relative to the sensor attachment member by adjusting the distance in the longitudinal direction between portions of the object attachment member and the sensor attachment member. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a sensor assembly and a vehicle comprising a sensor mounting device.
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公开(公告)号：US20230286471A1
公开(公告)日：2023-09-14
申请号：US18006247
申请日：2021-07-06
Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
Inventor： Maxime BAUDOUIN , Christophe CHASSAING
Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning device for at least one vehicle sensor. The cleaning device includes at least one air-flow generator, at least one air-flow transport duct for conveying the air flow to the sensor from an exhaust port of the air-flow generator, the duct including at least one air-flow inlet opening and at least one air-flow outlet orifice. One cross section of the inlet opening of the duct is larger than one cross section of the outlet orifice of the duct.
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公开(公告)号：US20230264660A1
公开(公告)日：2023-08-24
申请号：US18040980
申请日：2020-08-12
Applicant: ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
Inventor： Guillermo BERTOLINA , Heiko CLAUSSEN , Tobias KORTLANG , Rodrigo MAGALHAES PEREIRA
CPC classification number: B60S1/56 , B60S1/54 , B60S1/52 , G01S13/931 , G01S13/867 , G01S13/865 , G01S7/027 , G01S7/4043 , G02B27/0006 , B60S1/023
Abstract: A sensor housing for being assembled to a vehicle and a connector integrated with the housing, wherein the sensor housing is further adapted to house at least one sensor to be connected to the connector means and for monitoring environmental conditions of the vehicle, wherein a sensor adapter resides in the housing to hold the at least one sensor, wherein the adapter has one or more assembly-fittings to hold each of the at least one sensors in a monitoring position, and wherein a placeholder is integrated with the housing to hold a washer-body of a cleaning-device in position as to afford cleaning of the at least one sensor.
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