Optical monitoring device
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12084006B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US18144260

    申请日:2023-05-08

    申请人: EchoVista GmbH

    摘要: An optical monitoring system serves to monitor surroundings, having a monitoring apparatus, the visual or scanning field of which is captured by a lens, and a protection panel (112) which protects the lens from precipitation and covers at least the visual or scanning field of the monitoring apparatus. In order to avoid the signal quality of the monitoring apparatus being impaired by precipitation on the protection panel, it is proposed that the protection panel (12; 112; 218; 318) is acoustically coupled to at least one ultrasonic transducer (10). The optical monitoring system can be included into the control system of a vehicle for autonomous driving, wherein, overall, it is possible to obtain increased safety of the control system.

    Cleaning vehicle sensors
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12043225B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US17540051

    申请日:2021-12-01

    申请人: Zoox, Inc.

    IPC分类号: B60S1/62 B08B5/02

    CPC分类号: B60S1/62 B08B5/02 B08B2240/00

    摘要: Techniques are described for cleaning sensors of a vehicle. An attribute of the surrounding environment (e.g., type of precipitation, intensity of precipitation, etc.) is determined along with orientations and/or attributes of the sensors (e.g. fields-of-view, focal lengths, spectral ranges, etc). Cleaning frequencies are then be determined based, at least in part, on the attribute of the environment together with the orientations and/or attributes of the sensors. Cleaning elements are then activated at the determined frequencies to clean the sensors. In some examples, the cleaning frequencies may be determined based additionally on an attribute of travel of the vehicle (e.g. direction of travel of the vehicle, speed of the vehicle, etc.).

    WIPER FOR LIQUID LEVEL SENSORS IN AUTOMOTIVE WASHER BOTTLE

    公开(公告)号:US20180208158A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-26

    申请号:US15745780

    申请日:2016-07-21

    申请人: ABC Group Inc.

    发明人: RICHARD ALLAN

    IPC分类号: B60S1/62 B60S1/50 G01F23/26

    摘要: Provided is a sensor wiper for a sensor pin used for fluid level detection. The sensor wiper comprises at least one swinging wiper having a wiper head for rotational association with a sensor pin, and an arcuate arm connected at a head end thereof to the wiper head. A plurality of inwardly directed radial elements are associated with the wiper head for engagement with the sensor pin. Sloshing action of fluids act upon the arcuate arm to move the wiping head, thereby causing the radial elements to engage and wipe the sensor pin.