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Automatic removal of water from vehicle surfaces

  • US 9,873,407 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2014
  • Issued: 01/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for removing water from a surface of a transparent body part of a ground vehicle which transparent body part is arranged to enable optical registration of objects outside of the vehicle, the system comprising:

  • at least one wiper configured to sweep one or more flexible blades across the surface of the transparent body part, thus transporting any water on said surface to a particular side of this surface;

    a controller unit configured to control the operation of the at least one wiper; and

    at least one remote sensor configured to register sets of features of other ground vehicles,wherein the controller unit is configured to;

    determine, based on the set of features registered in respect of at least one other vehicle, a point in time when a substantial amount of water is expected to hit said surface of the transparent body part; and

    control the at least one wiper such that, before said point in time, the at least one wiper is placed at a predetermined position on said surface; and

    at said point in time initiate a stroke of the at least one wiper from the predetermined position over said surface.

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