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US 12,459,465 B2Granted
Vehicle sensor cleaning
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Michael Kipley, Kimberly Berry, Brendan Francis Diamond, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Paul Kenneth Dellock
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Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable to actuate a cleaning system to spray a sensor in accordance with a cleaning plan stored in the memory, actuate the cleaning system to spray the sensor in response to an input from an operator, and adjust the cleaning plan based on the input from the operator to actuate the cleaning system.
Claims19
A computer comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable to:
- actuate a cleaning system to spray a sensor in response to an input from an operator, the input being a manual actuation commanding the cleaning system to spray the sensor;
- adjust a cleaning plan stored in the memory by determining a parameter based on the input from the operator to actuate the cleaning system;
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- after adjusting the cleaning plan, automatically actuate the cleaning system to spray the sensor in accordance with the parameter of the cleaning plan, without receiving the input.
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A method comprising:
- actuating a cleaning system to spray a sensor in response to an input from an operator, the input being a manual actuation commanding the cleaning system to spray the sensor;
- adjusting a cleaning plan stored in a memory by determining a parameter based on the input from the operator to actuate the cleaning system;
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- after adjusting the cleaning plan, automatically actuating the cleaning system to spray the sensor in accordance with the parameter of the cleaning plan, without receiving the input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.