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Patent Inventor Names
Adil Nizam Siddiqui0
Jonathan Diedrich0
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam0
Somak Datta Gupta0
Brian Bennie0
Cheri Lyn Hansen0
Cynthia M. Neubecker0
Haron Abdel-Raziq0
Date of Patent
September 24, 2019
0Patent Application Number
162563270
Date Filed
January 24, 2019
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Patent abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for contamination prevention of vehicle cameras and sensors. An example vehicle includes an exterior, a camera along the exterior and including a lens, and a controller. The controller is to determine, based upon images captured by the camera, whether a contaminant is approaching the lens and identify a contaminant state upon determining the contaminant is approaching the lens. The example vehicle also includes a nozzle to spray washer fluid to prevent contamination of the lens responsive to the controller identifying that the contaminant is a liquid.
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