Cleaning apparatus, roof module and method for cleaning a viewing area of a motor vehicle

A cleaning apparatus for cleaning at least one viewing area of a motor vehicle, the cleaning apparatus comprising:

• at least one cleaning nozzle and an evaluation and control apparatus,
• wherein the evaluation and control apparatus is configured to
• receive at least one sensor signal which comprises at least one piece of information on a motor vehicle environment condition and/or a motor vehicle parameter,
• to evaluate this at least one piece of information in order to determine an operation situation in this manner,
• to select a predetermined cleaning profile from a plurality of predefined cleaning profiles based on this at least one piece of information,
• to control the at least one cleaning nozzle depending on the selected cleaning profile in order to clean the at least one viewing area
• to compare the determined operation situation to a plurality of predetermined and/or previously determined operation situations, for each of which an individual cleaning profile is predefined, and
• to select preferably the cleaning profile of that predetermined and/or previously determined operation situation of the plurality of predetermined and/or previously determined operation situations which has the slightest deviation from the determined operation situation;
• wherein the evaluation and control apparatus is further configured
• to receive at least one inspection sensor signal,
• to detect a partially selective degree of quality of the cleaning of the viewing area, and
• to decide based on the determined degree of quality whether a cleaning was effective based on the cleaning profile selected for the determined operation situation, and
• in the event that the cleaning was not effective, to modify the cleaning profile selected for the determined operation situation in order to effect a cleaning based on the modified cleaning profile when detecting the same or a similar operation situation in the future.