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.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Sensor dirtiness detection


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2020-11-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    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



    SENSOR DIRTINESS DETECTION

    HERMAN DAVID MICHAEL / KRISHNAN VENKATESH / PATIL SUNIL | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    Lens Dirtiness Detection Apparatus and Lens Dirtiness Detection Method

    AKIYAMA YASUHIRO / NAKAMURA KATSUYUKI / IRIE KOTA | European Patent Office | 2016

    Free access

    Outside recognition apparatus and lens dirtiness detection method

    AKIYAMA YASUHIRO / NAKAMURA KATSUYUKI / IRIE KOTA | European Patent Office | 2017

    Free access

    Outside recognition system, vehicle and camera dirtiness detection method

    AKIYAMA YASUHIRO / NAKAMURA KATSUYUKI / IRIE KOTA | European Patent Office | 2019

    Free access

    EXTERNAL-ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION SYSTEM, VEHICLE, AND CAMERA-DIRTINESS DETECTION METHOD

    AKIYAMA YASUHIRO / NAKAMURA KATSUYUKI / IRIE KOTA | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access