ON-BOARD SENSOR CLEANING APPARATUS AND ON-BOARD SENSOR CLEANING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220153235A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17502308

    申请日:2021-10-15

    Inventor: Ryo SATO

    Abstract: The on-board sensor cleaning apparatus is applied to a vehicle having a front camera, a rear camera, a center display, and an electronic inner mirror. A surrounding image obtained through the front camera and the rear camera is displayed on the center display and the electronic inner mirror. The on-board sensor cleaning apparatus includes an ECU, a position information obtaining device, and a cleaning unit. The ECU obtains a visual check probability for an area which includes a position of the vehicle indicated by vehicle position information, from a database. The ECU sets an automatic cleaning start condition based on the obtained visual check probability.

    VEHICLE-INSTALLED SENSOR CLEANING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210229639A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US17007409

    申请日:2020-08-31

    Inventor: Ryo SATO

    Abstract: A vehicle-installed sensor cleaning apparatus is applied to an own vehicle installed with a vehicle-installed sensor. The vehicle-installed sensor cleaning apparatus executes an automatic cleaning process to clean a detection part of the vehicle-installed sensor by a cleaning liquid when an automatic cleaning condition becomes satisfied. The vehicle-installed sensor cleaning apparatus obtains information on a present position of the own vehicle as vehicle information and performs a changing process to change the automatic cleaning condition, depending on the vehicle information.

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