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US 10,703,342 B2Granted
Sensor cleaning
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorDavid Schmidt
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Abstract
A system includes a computer programmed to actuate a first nozzle to emit air continuously at a camera, and actuate a second nozzle to simultaneously emit air intermittently at a precipitation sensor. The system may include a camera, a precipitation sensor coupled to the camera, the first nozzle aimed at the camera, the second nozzle aimed at the precipitation sensor, and the computer in communication with the first and second nozzles.
Claims20
A system comprising a computer programmed to:
- receive data from a camera and from a precipitation sensor;
- actuate a first nozzle to emit air continuously at the camera;
- and
- simultaneously with actuating the first nozzle, actuate a second nozzle to emit air intermittently at the precipitation sensor.
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A method comprising:
- receiving data from a camera and from a precipitation sensor;
- actuating a first nozzle to emit air continuously at the camera;
- and
- simultaneously with actuating the first nozzle, actuating a second nozzle to emit air intermittently at the precipitation sensor.
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A system comprising:
- a camera;
- a precipitation sensor coupled to the camera;
- a first nozzle aimed at the camera;
- a second nozzle aimed at the precipitation sensor;
- and
- a computer in communication with the first and second nozzles, the computer programmed to actuate the first nozzle to emit air continuously and to simultaneously actuate the second nozzle to emit air intermittently.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.