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US 2014/0151460 A1Published application
System and method for maintaining sensor performance
OwnerJoseph Forrest Noffsinger, John Kramer +2inventors
InventorsJoseph Forrest Noffsinger, John Kramer, Bret Dwayne Worden, Ajith Kumar
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Abstract
A system for use with a vehicle includes at least one nozzle and an fluid reservoir capable of holding a volume of pressurized gas or other fluid. The air reservoir is in fluid communication with the at least one nozzle and the at least one nozzle is selectively operable to direct the pressurized gas or other fluid at a surface of an optical inspection sensor assembly to remove contaminants from the sensor assembly.
Claims21
A system for use with a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one nozzle;
- and
- a reservoir capable of holding a volume of pressurized fluid, the reservoir being in fluid communication with the at least one nozzle;
- wherein the at least one nozzle is selectively operable to direct the pressurized fluid at a surface of an optical inspection sensor assembly to remove contaminants from the sensor assembly.
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A system for use with a vehicle, comprising:
- a nozzle configured to receive pressurized fluid from a reservoir and direct the pressurized fluid to an optical sensor assembly;
- a second sensor configured to detect operational data;
- and
- a controller in electrical communication with the second sensor for receiving the operational data therefrom, and the controller being operable to change at least one of a flow rate, a pressure, a velocity, or an angle of incidence of the pressurized fluid in dependence upon the operational data.
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A system comprising:
- an array of nozzles, each nozzle having a respective body defining a passageway therethrough and having an inlet for accepting pressurized fluid and an outlet for directing pressurized fluid onto an optical inspection sensor assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.