Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multifocal rain sensor
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Application No.: US15269486Application Date: 2016-09-19
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Publication No.: US09969358B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Jong Min Park , Nak Kyoung Kong , Keon Soo Jin , Ki Hong Lee , Jin Sang Lee
- Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company , Kia Motors Corporation
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Agent Peter F. Corless
- Priority: KR10-2016-0042608 20160407
- Main IPC: B60S1/08
- IPC: B60S1/08 ; G01N21/3577 ; G01N21/55 ; G02B17/06

Abstract:
A multifocal rain sensor includes: at least one light emitting unit configured to output light; a first reflective plate corresponding to the at least one light emitting unit and disposed at a position spaced apart from the at least one light emitting unit by a predetermined distance; a glass part reflecting light after the light is reflected by the first reflective plate and forming a sensing region; a second reflective plate re-reflecting the light reflected by the glass part; and a light receiving unit configured to receive the light reflected by the second reflective plate. The second reflective plate includes a multifocal reflective plate having a plurality of focuses based on a vertical height of incident light that varies according to a change in thickness of the glass part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170291581A1 MULTIFOCAL RAIN SENSOR Public/Granted day:2017-10-12
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