Wiper control apparatus and method for automatic vehicular wiping
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorKatsunori Tanida
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Abstract
The wiper control apparatus comprises a precipitation detector, a surrounding state detector and a wiper controller. The precipitation detector detects a precipitation condition at a position where the vehicle is. The surrounding state detector detects an exit of the vehicle out of a roofed space. The wiper controller controls the wiper to be in an automatic operation mode according to the precipitation condition detected by the precipitation detector, and controlling the precipitation detector to detect the precipitation condition following the exit detected by the surrounding state detector in a response time shorter than the normal response time for the precipitation detector to detect the precipitation not following the exit.
Claims14
A wiper control apparatus for operating a wiper of a vehicle comprising:
- a precipitation detector detecting a precipitation condition at a position where the vehicle is;
- a surrounding state detector detecting an exit of the vehicle out of a roofed space;
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- a wiper controller controlling the wiper to be in an operation mode according to the precipitation condition detected by the precipitation detector, and controlling the precipitation detector to detect the precipitation condition following the exit detected by the surrounding state detector in a response time shorter than another response time for the precipitation detector to detect the precipitation not following the exit.
A wiper control method for operating a wiper of a vehicle comprising steps of:
- detecting an exit of the vehicle out of a roofed space;
- detecting a precipitation condition at a position of the vehicle in a long response time when the exit is not detected, and in a short response time shorter than the long response time when the exit is detected;
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- controlling the wiper to be in an operation mode according to the detected precipitation condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.