Sensor device for detecting moisture on a window
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1. A sensor device for detecting wetting on a windshield, the wetting including at least one of rainfall and soil, the sensor device comprising:
- at least one transmitter; and
at least two receivers receiving a light emitted by the at least one transmitter, the at least one transmitter and the at least two receivers forming three optical elements of the sensor device, images of the at least one transmitter and the at least two receivers projecting onto a plane parallel to the windshield, the projected images forming corner points of an isosceles triangle;
wherein an angle formed by legs of the isosceles triangle is less than ninety degrees.
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Abstract
A sensor device is described for detecting wetting, in particular rainfall and soiling, on a windshield that has at least one transmitter and at least one receiver for the light emitted by the transmitters where transmitters and receivers are arranged at the corner points of an imaginary triangle or parallelogram. As a result, the outside dimensions of the sensor are reduced, and the ratio of sensitive area to base area of the sensor is improved.
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1. A sensor device for detecting wetting on a windshield, the wetting including at least one of rainfall and soil, the sensor device comprising:
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at least one transmitter; and
at least two receivers receiving a light emitted by the at least one transmitter, the at least one transmitter and the at least two receivers forming three optical elements of the sensor device, images of the at least one transmitter and the at least two receivers projecting onto a plane parallel to the windshield, the projected images forming corner points of an isosceles triangle;
wherein an angle formed by legs of the isosceles triangle is less than ninety degrees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A sensor device for detecting wetting on a windshield, the wetting including at least one of rainfall and soil, the sensor device comprising:
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at least two transmitters; and
at least two receivers receiving a light emitted by the at least two transmitters, the at least two transmitters and the at least two receivers forming four optical elements of the sensor device, images of the at least two transmitters and the at least two receivers projecting onto a plane parallel to the windshield, the projected images forming corner points of a parallelogram, the parallelogram being composed of two triangles. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A sensor device for detecting wetting on a windshield, the wetting including at least one of rainfall and soil, the sensor device comprising:
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at least one transmitter;
at least two receivers receiving a light emitted by the at least one transmitter, the at least one transmitter and the at least two receivers forming three optical elements of the sensor device, images of the at least one transmitter and the at least two receivers projecting onto a plane parallel to the windshield, the projected images forming corner points of an isosceles triangle; and
a casing, a projection of the case forming a quadrilateral contact area on the windshield, the at least one transmitter and the at least two receivers being arranged within the quadrilateral contact area with substantially maximum utilization of the quadrilateral contact area. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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