Sensor cleaning system
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSeung Hyun Lee, Hae Jun Jeong, Yoon Geun Cho, Je Yeon Kim
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Abstract
A sensor cleaning system for cleaning an environment sensor includes: an air cleaning system configured to clean an environment sensor by spraying compressed air; a washer fluid cleaning system configured to clean the environment sensor by spraying washer fluid onto the environment sensor; a suction cleaning system configured to suck around the environment sensor; and a controller configured to control the air cleaning system, the washer fluid cleaning system, and the suction cleaning system.
Claims18
A sensor cleaning system comprising:
- an air cleaning system configured to clean an environment sensor by spraying compressed air;
- a washer fluid cleaning system configured to clean the environment sensor by spraying washer fluid onto the environment sensor;
- a suction cleaning system configured to suck around the environment sensor;
- and
- a controller configured to control the air cleaning system, the washer fluid cleaning system, and the suction cleaning system.
A method for controlling a sensor cleaning system, the method comprising the following steps performed by a controller:
- receiving a first cleaning request for an environment sensor;
- causing an air cleaning system to spray compressed air onto the environment sensor;
- causing a washer fluid cleaning system to clean the environment sensor using washer fluid after the spray of the air cleaning system;
- and
- causing a suction cleaning system to suck around the environment sensor after the cleaning of the washer fluid cleaning system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.