This dirt detection system is composed to detect dirt attached to an outer cover of a lighting tool for a vehicle. A camera, a LiDAR unit, and a millimeter wave radar, which detect the surrounding environment of the vehicle, are each mounted on the lighting tool for a vehicle. The dirt detection system is provided with: a thermal imaging camera composed to acquire thermal image data showing the outer cover; a lighting tool cleaner composed to remove the dirt attached to the outer cover; and a lighting tool cleaner control unit composed to determine, on the basis of the thermal image data, whether the dirt is attached to the outer cover and to drive the lighting tool cleaner in response to the determination that the dirt is attached to the outer cover.


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    Title :

    DIRT DETECTION SYSTEM, LIDAR UNIT, SENSING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE


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    Publication date :

    2022-03-10


    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 / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / G01J Messen der Intensität, der Geschwindigkeit, der spektralen Zusammensetzung, der Polarisation, der Phase oder der Pulscharakteristik von infrarotem, sichtbarem oder ultraviolettem Licht , MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung



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