An occluded area on a vehicle sensor is identified by localizing the vehicle in space. A discrepancy between historic image data and real-time image data from the sensor is determined, and a cleaning actuator is actuated based on the determined discrepancy.
Sensor dirtiness detection
2020-11-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60S SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Warten, Reinigen, Instandsetzen, Unterstützen, Anheben oder Rangieren von Fahrzeugen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS / G06K Erkennen von Daten , RECOGNITION OF DATA / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL |
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