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US 12,606,128 B2Granted
Sensor cleaning system
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DY AUTO Corporation
InventorsHyun Woo Yoon, Ik Hoon Kim, Sang Jun Ahn, Sung Min Yang, Won Seop Choi, Hyong Do Chung, Seong Jun Kim, Sin Won Kang
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Abstract
A method of controlling the sensor cleaning system includes detecting contamination of an environmental sensor, determining a contamination source of the contamination when contamination of the environmental sensor is detected, and adjusting operation of an air cleaning system of the sensor cleaning system based on the determined contamination source.
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A method of controlling a sensor cleaning system controllable by a controller, the method comprising:
- detecting, by the controller, contamination of an environmental sensor;
- determining, by the controller, a contamination source of the contamination in response that the contamination of the environmental sensor is detected;
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- adjusting, by the controller, operation of an air cleaning system of the sensor cleaning system based on the determined contamination source, wherein the operation of the air cleaning system is adjusted based on whether a washer fluid cleaning system has been in operation and an outdoor temperature.
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