6062results about "Vehicle cleaning" patented technology

Techniques for detecting an obstruction associated with a lidar sensor are discussed herein. For example, a computing device can implement an obstruction detection component to detect rain, mud, dirt, dust, snow, ice, animal droppings, etc., on and / or near an outer surface of the lidar sensor. The obstruction detection component can apply one or more heuristics and / or models to the lidar data and / or compare pulse information associated with the lidar data to a threshold to determine a size, a type, or a location of an obstruction blocking a lidar beam.

Aspects of the disclosure provide for controlling behaviors of autonomous vehicles based on evaluation of sensors of those vehicles. For instance, sensor data including distance and intensity information for a point in an environment of an autonomous vehicle may be received. An expected intensity value from a pre-stored fair weather reference map may be identified based on a location of the point. An effective detection range for the sensor may be dynamically determined based on the expected intensity and the intensity information for the point. A behavior of the autonomous vehicle may be controlled based on the effective detection range.

An optical element driving mechanism used for driving an optical element is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a driving assembly, and a support assembly. The driving assembly is used for driving the optical element to move relative to the fixed portion in a first dimension. The optical element is movable relative to the fixed portion through the support assembly.

The utility model relates to an end buckle cap structure of a windshield wiper. The end buckle cap structure comprises an automobile connecting frame, a steel sheet, a bridge type support, a connecting rail and a wiping piece. The automobile connecting frame is provided with an automobile connecting part and a steel plate clamping groove, and the steel sheet is fixedly connected with the steel plate clamping groove; the connecting rail and the wiping and brushing piece are both sectional materials and have flexibility; the connecting rail comprises a bridge type support connecting part and a wiping and brushing piece connecting part provided with a wiping and brushing piece connecting groove. The cross section of the bridge type support connecting part and the cross section of the wiping and brushing piece connecting groove are both in a T shape. The wiping and brushing piece comprises a wiping and brushing piece mounting body with a T-shaped cross section, and the wiping and brushing piece mounting body is embedded into the wiping and brushing piece connecting groove; the bridge type support comprises a bent bridge body, and a steel plate connecting part protruding upwards is arranged in the middle of the bridge type support. The utility model has the effects that the wiping and brushing piece can be ensured to be attached to the automobile window so as to ensure the wiping and brushing effect, the end buckle cap is convenient to install, and the connecting rail and the wiping and brushing piece can be prevented from falling off, namely being separated from each other.

A windshield wiper control method of a new energy automobile includes the following steps: when a windshield wiper controller is in a first wiping state, if the windshield wiper controller receives a high-speed gear signal sent by a windshield wiper control terminal or receives a rainstorm instruction sent by a central control display screen, the windshield wiper controller entering a rainstorm mode; when the windshield wiper controller is in a second wiping state, if the windshield wiper controller receives a rainstorm instruction sent by the central control display screen, the windshield wiper controller entering a rainstorm mode; wherein the rainstorm mode is used for indicating the windshield wiper controller to control the windshield wiper windshield wiper, the key area of the automobile windshield is wiped at the safety frequency.

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic driving, discloses a cleaning method, system and equipment for an automatic driving sensor and a storage medium, and is used for effectively reducing vibration and noise of a vehicle. The cleaning method of the automatic driving sensor comprises the steps of detecting whether the external environment of an automatic driving vehicle rains or not; if it is detected that the external environment is raining, a corresponding cleaning mode is selected according to the rainfall and the type of the sensor; if it is detected that the external environment does not rain, whether the surface of the sensor is fuzzy is detected; if it is detected that the surface of the sensor is fuzzy, a corresponding cleaning mode is selected according to the fuzzy degree and type of the sensor; and cleaning the sensor according to the selected cleaning mode, wherein the cleaning mode is fan cleaning or windscreen wiper cleaning.

A system such as an autonomous vehicle's perception system will identify and classify an obstruction in a field of view of an image capturing device. The system will receive a sequence of image frames from the image capturing device. For each of the image frames, the system will segment the image frame into a regions of interest (ROIs), and the system will use a classifier to assign a classification to each ROI. The classification indicates whether the ROI is clear or obstructed. The system will aggregate the classifications for each ROI to determine an aggregate classification. When an obstructed classification persists for a threshold number of image frames, the system will classify the image capturing device as obstructed, and it will generate a function request that, when executed, will cause a system of which the image capturing device is a component to perform a function.

A vehicle control method is provided for a vehicle having an ultra wide band (UWB) sensor configured to measure a rainfall value. The method includes waking up the UWB sensor in response to a trigger instruction for starting rainfall detection, to cause the UWB sensor to measure a rainfall value; acquiring the rainfall value measured by the UWB sensor; and controlling the vehicle to execute a preset control instruction action according to the rainfall value.

The invention discloses a rearview mirror frost fog processing method and device, a vehicle, a storage medium and a product, and relates to the technical field of vehicle defrosting, and the method comprises the steps that environment information of the environment where a rearview mirror outside a target vehicle is located and driving information of the target vehicle are obtained; the environment information and the driving information are input into a preset risk prediction model, a frost and fog risk index of the surface of the rearview mirror is obtained, and the frost and fog risk index represents the frosting and / or fogging risk; and under the condition that the frost and fog risk index is larger than a preset threshold value, the rearview mirror is defrosted and / or defrosted. According to the application, the defrosting and demisting accuracy of the outside rear-view mirror of the vehicle can be improved.

A sensor cleaning device is for a vehicle and configured for cleaning a sensor surface of a sensor. The sensor cleaning device includes: a pressurized-air inlet for receiving pressurized air, a liquid inlet for receiving liquid, a cleaning port for providing the liquid and / or the pressurized air. The sensor cleaning device has a conveyed-volume region, configured to accommodate the liquid, which is fluidically connected to the pressurized-air inlet, the liquid inlet and the cleaning port, such that the liquid is conveyed in a conveying direction to the cleaning port as a result of the pressurized air being applied to the pressurized-air inlet, wherein the conveyed-volume region is realized such that, for the purpose of conveying the liquid, the pressurized air is in contact with the liquid, in particular directly and / or in a pressure-transmitting manner realizing a phase boundary.

A replaceable windscreen wiping insert forming part of a wiper which is provided with a row of brushes for cleaning a vehicle's windscreens and headlights. The wiping insert includes an elongated base member having a connecting element for attaching it to a wiper adapter; at least one wiping blade extending from the base member along the length thereof and being deflected relative thereto during use; and at least one row of brushes arranged along the length of the base member. The at least one row of brushes is integrated directly into the wiping blade such that the row of brushes is arranged projecting from a first longitudinal side of the wiping blade or from a second longitudinal side opposite thereto. The disclosure also relates to a windscreen wiper including the wiping insert and to a method for retrofitting available wiping inserts with a row of brushes.

The invention provides a vehicle control method and a vehicle. The method is applied to the technical field of intelligent driving. The control method of the vehicle comprises the steps that whether defogging is conducted on a vehicle window or not is determined based on the fog concentration and the vehicle window temperature of the vehicle window in the vehicle; when it is determined that demisting is conducted on the vehicle window, a target strategy is determined based on the mist concentration of the vehicle window, and the target strategy is used for determining the demisting strength of demisting; determining target demisting intensity based on the target strategy; and controlling the vehicle to perform automatic demisting at the target demisting intensity. According to the method, the demisting efficiency of the vehicle window can be improved, and driving safety is ensured.

The invention discloses a side edge hidden type windscreen wiper for an automobile laser radar, and relates to the technical field of automobile radar accessories, the side edge hidden type windscreen wiper comprises a wiper arm body and a moving module, the moving module comprises a moving guide rail, a first sliding block and a driving assembly, the driving assembly drives the first sliding block to move along the moving guide rail, and the first sliding block is connected to the wiper arm body; the moving guide rail at least comprises a moving section and an opening-closing section, the opening-closing section is arranged in the width direction of the moving module and guides the scraping arm body to extend outwards or hide inwards, the moving section is located on one side of the outer end of the opening-closing section and arranged in the length direction of the moving module, and the scraping arm body extending in a guiding mode reciprocates for scraping. The self-cleaning function of the automobile laser radar in the driving process can be improved, hiding in the daily state is achieved, and the effect of prolonging the service life is achieved.

A cabin of a working machine includes a protective frame vertically provided around an operator's seat; a roof at an upper portion of the protective frame; and a front window at a front portion of the protective frame. The front window is vertically divided into an upper window portion coupled to a window frame at the front portion of the protective frame so as to be movable toward a lower surface of the roof, and a lower window portion detachably coupled to the window frame. The window frame includes a lower window stay to engage with a lower edge of the lower window portion, and a lock receiver to hold a side edge of the lower window portion in a closed position. The lower window portion includes a lock to be fitted to the lock receiver when the side edge of the lower window portion overlaps the window frame.

The utility model discloses a multi-angle windscreen wiper which comprises a windscreen wiper motor, a windscreen wiper blade, a windscreen wiper blade and a windscreen wiper blade. A driving device is arranged in the mounting bracket, is connected with a driving shaft and enables the driving shaft to swing back and forth; the driving shaft is connected with a scrubbing device; the scrubbing device comprises a driving rod which is fixedly connected with the tail end of the driving shaft; the wiper blade is connected with one end of the driving rod; the rotating shaft is arranged in the middle of the wiper blade; the transmission wheel I is fixedly arranged on the rotating shaft in a sleeving manner; the second transmission wheel is fixedly arranged on the driving shaft in a sleeving manner; and the transmission belt is arranged between the transmission wheel I and the transmission wheel II. The multi-angle windscreen wiper has the advantages that the wiping angle of the wiper blade can be changed during wiping, so that attachments are subjected to force in all directions, and the wiping effect of the attachments is improved.

Provided is a dust collector for a vehicle, including wheel accommodation parts formed on both sides of a vehicle body and in which wheels are located, a plurality of suction parts provided on inner circumferential surfaces of the wheel accommodation parts and through which inlet holes of front surfaces of the suction parts pass in a front-rear direction to communicate with suction spaces, a collection part provided on the vehicle body in which accommodation space is formed to accommodate fine dust and an inlet port and an outlet port are formed to allow air to be introduced and discharged, a plurality of collection lines, a driving part connected to a rear end of each of the collection lines and the inlet port and generates a suction force, and a controller electrically connected to a battery provided in the vehicle body and controls operation of the driving part.

The invention relates to a roof module for forming a vehicle roof (100) on a motor vehicle, the roof module comprising a panel component (12) which at least partially forms a roof skin (14) of the vehicle roof (100) and serves as an outer sealing surface of the roof module (10), at least one sensor module (15) comprising a controller (27) and at least one environment sensor (16) configured to send and / or receive electromagnetic signals through a see-through area (20) in order to detect a vehicle environment, and at least one cleaning device (23) comprising at least one cleaning nozzle (24) configured to clean the see-through area (20). The at least one environment sensor (16) is configured to detect at least one object (28) moving toward the see-through area (20) in the form of image data, and the controller (27) is configured to generate at least one object information from the image data and to prompt the at least one cleaning nozzle (24) to discharge a cleaning fluid based thereon.

The invention discloses a graphene heating system for an automobile rearview mirror and a heating method of the graphene heating system, and belongs to the technical field of automobile accessories. The system comprises an acquisition unit, a control unit, a graphene heating film and a positioning film, the graphene heating film is fixed on a mirror surface of a rearview mirror lens, the positioning film is attached to the graphene heating film, and the control unit is arranged on the back surface of the lens and connected with other components. A plurality of independently controlled heating areas are arranged on the graphene heating film, corresponding positioning areas are arranged on the positioning film, and the positioning areas and the heating areas with the same serial number are overlapped in position. The system judges whether the rearview mirror meets the fogging condition or not by collecting information such as environment temperature and humidity, weather and position, can accurately position the fogging area, and pertinently controls the corresponding heating area to conduct heating and defogging. According to the invention, accurate identification and directional heating of the fogging area of the rearview mirror are realized, the demisting efficiency is improved, and the energy consumption is reduced.

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.

A system and method for controlling a cleaning system for motor vehicle components, wherein the cleaning system includes a fluid conveying device, a pressure sensor for determining a pressure generated by the fluid conveying device, a fluid distribution device with at least one input port fluid-connected to the fluid conveying device and with at least two output ports fluid-connected to the input port, wherein each output port is adjustable between an open position and a closed position, at least two cleaning devices, each fluid-connected to a respective output connection via a fluid line, and a control device, which is data-coupled to the fluid conveying device, the pressure sensor and the fluid distribution device for transmitting and / or receiving signals, the method achieving simplified control of the cleaning system and a reduction in the susceptibility of the cleaning system to errors.

The invention discloses an intelligent heating method and system for a rear air window and a rearview mirror, a controller and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring real-time environment data at least comprising environment temperature and environment humidity; determining a basic heating duration based on the environment temperature through a first control logic; compensating and correcting the basic heating duration based on the environment humidity through a second control logic so as to generate a target heating duration; and finally, controlling the heating device to operate according to the target heating duration. The method further comprises a cooperative control scheme of switching to a degradation control mode based on preset configuration parameters when sensor data are invalid and adjusting heating duration based on data acquired from the ADAS in severe weather. Through multi-parameter fusion and hierarchical cooperative control, accurate matching of heating requirements is achieved, and the defrosting efficiency, the energy saving performance and the system reliability are remarkably improved.

A system and method for autonomous vehicle sensor cleaning utilizing at least one sensor, a processing system, and memory with executable instructions. The processor receives sensor data, detects obstructions causing operational impact on the vehicle, selects a sensor cleaning solution based on that impact, deploys it through the cleaning system, and checks for nominal sensor operation. The system supports various sensors (optical, electromagnetic, etc.) and obstruction types (dirt, snow, etc.), while determining impact to autonomous operations of the vehicle. The processor may disengage deployment of the cleaning solutions, monitor data post-deployment, and redeploy if necessary.

The present invention provides a windshield and a car with rain and fog amount detection functions and electronic shielding functions, including an outer glass plate and an inner glass plate, at least a first transparent conductive layer for rain amount sensing and a second transparent conductive layer for fog amount sensing are provided between the two glass plates, the windshield includes an electronic sunshade area, a rain amount sensing area and a fog amount sensing area; a liquid crystal conductive layer is provided between the two transparent conductive layers corresponding to the electronic sunshade area, at least three independent rain amount electrodes are provided in the area corresponding to the rain amount sensing area, at least two independent fog amount electrodes are provided in the area corresponding to the fog amount sensing area on the conductive layer, and a plurality of mutually insulated conductive areas or a whole conductive area are provided in the area corresponding to the electronic sunshade area on the conductive layer; an ambient light sensor is provided on the front windshield or the instrument panel. The present invention reduces costs by sharing the same conductive layer with the sensing electrodes of the capacitive touch sensor.

The present disclosure relates to an agricultural tractor. In an agricultural tractor according to the present disclosure, a first injection hole for injecting fuel is arranged on a first fender side, and a second injection hole for injecting cleaning fluid is arranged on a second fender side. According to the present disclosure, effects are achieved in that a design with the aesthetics of a symmetrical balance is enabled and the center of gravity can be stably maintained.

The invention discloses a laser radar windscreen wiper mechanism which comprises a track part and a moving assembly, and the moving assembly is provided with a transmission part coupled with the track part. The pivot shaft is connected to the transmission part in a circumferential rotation mode, the windscreen wiper assembly comprises a windscreen wiper base and a windscreen wiper strip fixed to the windscreen wiper base, and the windscreen wiper base is switched between an unfolding position and a containing position along with rotation of the pivot shaft; when the windscreen wiper base is located at the unfolding position and the moving assembly moves, the windscreen wiper strip can make contact with the surface of the laser radar window and form sliding fit with the surface of the laser radar window, meanwhile, the transmission part travels along the track part, the curvature change of the track part is converted into axial displacement of the pivotal shaft, and the pivotal shaft is driven by the transmission part. The laser radar window surface cleaning device has the advantages that the laser radar window surface cleaning effect is good, the structure is simple, the service life is long, and the laser radar window surface cleaning device is good in laser radar window surface cleaning effect, and the laser radar window surface cleaning device is simple in structure and long in service life.