Systems and methods for calibrating a windshield wiper system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsThomas G. Kracker, Joshua Thomas Glazier, Erik F. De Almeida
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Abstract
A method of calibrating a windshield wiper system that includes moving a wiper arm, of the windshield wiper system, within at least a portion of a full range of motion defined by at least one physical boundary, determining a position of the wiper arm when it contacts the at least one physical boundary, defining, based on the determined position of the wiper arm, an operating range of motion for the wiper arm that is shorter than the full range of motion, and setting the wiper arm to operate within the defined operating range of motion.
Claims14
A method of calibrating a windshield wiper system, the method comprising:
- moving a wiper arm, of the windshield wiper system, at a first rate of speed towards at least one physical boundary and within at least a portion of a full range of motion defined by the at least one physical boundary;
- determining a position of the wiper arm after movement at the first rate of speed when it the wiper arm contacts the at least one physical boundary;
- moving the wiper arm, of the windshield wiper system, at a second rate of speed towards the at least one physical boundary, wherein the second rate of speed is different than the first rate of speed;
- determining a position of the wiper arm after movement at the second rate of speed towards the at least one physical boundary;
- defining, based on each determined position of the wiper arm, an operating range of motion for the wiper arm that is shorter than the full range of motion;
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- setting the wiper arm to operate within the defined operating range of motion.
A method of calibrating a windshield wiper system, the method comprising:
- moving a wiper arm, of the windshield wiper system, at a first rate of speed within at least a portion of a full range of motion that includes an upper limit defined by a first physical boundary and a lower limit defined by a second physical boundary;
- determining a rotational position of the wiper arm after movement at the first rate of speed when it contacts the first physical boundary or the second physical boundary;
- moving the wiper arm, of the windshield wiper system, at a second rate of speed towards one of the first physical boundary and the second physical boundary;
- determining a rotational position of the wiper arm after movement at the second rate of speed when it contacts the first physical boundary or the second physical boundary;
- defining, based on the each determined rotational position of the wiper arm, an operating range of motion for the wiper arm that is shorter than the full range of motion;
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- setting the wiper arm to operate within the defined operating range of motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.