Rain sensor system and vehicle
AssigneeValeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
InventorsDonald Peyrot, Vit Kadubec, Juraj Fajta, Michal Hejduk
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Abstract
A rain sensor system for measuring a quantity of rain on a window of a vehicle is provided. The rain sensor system comprises a camera device configured to capture images of an area surrounding the vehicle using camera optics; and a rain sensor including a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter being configured to emit or transmit light and the receiver being configured to receive measurement light that is emitted or transmitted by the transmitter and guided to the receiver by the window. The transmitter and the receiver are arranged at a distance (d) from each another, and the receiver and the camera optics of the camera device are different components.
Claims14
A rain sensor system for measuring a quantity of rain on a window of a vehicle, the rain sensor system comprising:
- a camera device comprising a printed circuit board, the camera device configured to capture images of an area surrounding the vehicle using camera optics;
- a camera cover configured to at least partially cover the camera device;
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- a rain sensor including a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter being configured to emit or transmit light, and the receiver being an opto-electronic component configured to receive measurement light that is emitted or transmitted by the transmitter and guided to the receiver by the window,
- wherein the transmitter and the receiver are arranged at a distance from each another,
- wherein the transmitter and the receiver are arranged in, on, or along one or several edges of the camera cover or in one or several openings in the camera cover,
- wherein the transmitter and the receiver are arranged on opposite edges of the camera cover or on different extremities of the same edge,
- wherein the transmitter and the receiver are mechanically supported by the camera cover and not mounted to the printed circuit board, and
- wherein the receiver and the camera optics of the camera device are different components that are optically independent of each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.