Provided is a sensor cleaning device. The sensor cleaning device is configured to clean a sensor mounted on a vehicle. The sensor cleaning device includes a housing having an opening, a protection member movably disposed with respect to the opening, and a cleaning member mounted around the opening and disposed in close contact with the protection member. Also provided is a method of controlling a sensor cleaning device. The method is performed by a controller configured to control an operation of a motor and a nozzle of the sensor cleaning device. The method includes 1) detecting a first contamination of a protection member configured to protect an environmental sensor and disposed to be movable by the motor; 2) spraying a washer fluid to the protection member; 3) and driving the motor so that the protection member is wiped by a cleaning member disposed in contact with the protection member.
SENSOR CLEANING DEVICE
2023-12-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
SENSOR CLEANING DEVICE, SENSOR CLEANING METHOD, AND SENSOR CLEANING PROGRAM
European Patent Office | 2023
|SENSOR CLEANING DEVICE, SENSOR CLEANING METHOD AND SENSOR CLEANING PROGRAM
European Patent Office | 2023
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