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US 10,703,340 B2Granted
Sensor cleaning system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Venkatesh Krishnan, Segundo Baldovino
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Abstract
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to detect an object exterior to a vehicle, and to actuate a fluid dispenser device based on an opacity of a window and a location of the detected object.
Claims17
A system, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- detect an object exterior to a vehicle;
- upon determining that the location of the detected object is outside a splash zone of fluid dispenser, actuate a fluid dispenser device based on an opacity of a window and a location of the detected object, wherein the splash zone is an area in the exterior of the vehicle that is sprayed by a dispenser liquid fluid upon actuation of the fluid dispenser;
- and
- upon determining that the location of the detected object is within the splash zone, actuate the fluid dispenser to output only air.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting an object exterior to a vehicle;
- determining that the location of the detected object is outside a splash zone of fluid dispenser;
- actuating a fluid dispenser device based on an opacity of a window and a location of the detected object, wherein the splash zone is an area in the exterior of the vehicle that is sprayed by a dispenser liquid fluid upon actuation of the fluid dispenser;
- determining that the location of the detected object is within the splash zone;
- and
- actuate the fluid dispenser to output only air.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.