Vehicle sensor cleaning and cooling
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRashaun Phinisee, Venkatesh Krishnan, Ashwin Arunmozhi
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Abstract
Data about operating parameters external to a vehicle can be input to a neural network that outputs at least one profile defining at least one of a cleaning protocol or a cooling protocol for a vehicle sensor, wherein the operating parameters include one or more of current weather conditions, future weather conditions, images indicative of a current weather condition, city infrastructure, duration of a route to be traversed, a time period to traverse the route, and vehicle location. Operation of at least one of a cleaning device or a cooling device can be initiated according to the at least one of the cleaning protocol or the cooling protocol when the operating parameters to the at least one profile.
Claims20
A system comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions such that the processor is programmed to:
- input data about operating parameters external to a vehicle to a neural network that outputs at least one profile defining at least one of a cleaning protocol or a cooling protocol for a vehicle sensor, wherein the operating parameters include one or more of current weather conditions, future weather conditions, images indicative of a current weather condition, city infrastructure, duration of a route to be traversed, a time period to traverse the route, and vehicle location;
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- initiate operation of at least one of a cleaning device or a cooling device according to the at least one of the cleaning protocol or the cooling protocol when the operating parameters correspond to the at least one profile.
A method comprising:
- inputting data about operating parameters external to a vehicle to a neural network that outputs at least one profile defining at least one of a cleaning protocol or a cooling protocol for a vehicle sensor, wherein the operating parameters include one or more of current weather conditions, future weather conditions, images indicative of a current weather condition, city infrastructure, duration of a route to be traversed, a time period to traverse the route, and vehicle location;
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- initiating operation of at least one of a cleaning device or a cooling device according to the at least one of the cleaning protocol or the cooling protocol when the operating parameters to the at least one profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.