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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Andrew Richardson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Robert McBride, Saline, MI (US);
Gaurav Pandey, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shane Elwart, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle camera cleaning system includes an air source and a computer processing unit configured to communicate with the air source. The air source is configured to apply an air flow to a lens of a camera. The camera includes a successive and repeated operational mode and non-operational mode. The computer processing unit includes a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions to cause the computer processing unit to transmit a signal to the air source to actuate the air flow based on the camera being in the non-operational mode.