A device for acquiring a surrounding environment of a vehicle. The device includes a sensor housing and at least one sensor situated inside the sensor housing. The sensor housing has a transmit/receive window. The device has a cover made transparent for the sensor signals, and the cover is designed to cover the transmit/receive window, and thus the at least one sensor, relative to an external surrounding environment of the device. The device has a cleaning unit that is situated on an outer side of the sensor housing and is movable along the sensor housing by a drive unit. The cleaning unit is designed to remove contamination from the cover of the transmit/receive window. The cleaning unit is realized as a space that is closed relative to the external surrounding environment.
APPARATUS EMBODIED TO DETECT THE SURROUNDINGS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A COVER OF SUCH AN APPARATUS
2020-10-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS / 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 |
Apparatus embodied to detect surroundings and method for cleaning cover of such apparatus
European Patent Office | 2020
|Apparatus embodied to detect the surroundings and method for cleaning a cover of such an apparatus
European Patent Office | 2023
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SURROUNDINGS, AND VEHICLE WITH SUCH AN APPARATUS
European Patent Office | 2021
|Method and apparatus for detecting surroundings, and vehicle with such an apparatus
European Patent Office | 2022
|DEVICE DESIGNED TO DETECT SURROUNDINGS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A COVER OF A DEVICE OF THIS TYPE
European Patent Office | 2020
|