Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lidar windscreen vibration control
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Application No.: US15986147Application Date: 2018-05-22
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Publication No.: US10821942B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Alfred Green , David Karl Bidner
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60S1/56
- IPC: B60S1/56 ; B08B7/02 ; B60S1/48 ; B60S1/02 ; G02B27/00 ; G05D1/02

Abstract:
A vehicle computer includes a memory and a processor. The processor is programmed to execute instructions stored in the memory. The instructions include determining a vehicle speed, selecting at least one actuator to vibrate a sensor housing based on the vehicle speed, and commanding the at least one actuator to vibrate the sensor housing in accordance with the vehicle speed to remove debris from the sensor housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190359179A1 LIDAR WINDSCREEN VIBRATION CONTROL Public/Granted day:2019-11-28
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