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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Bjoern Strasdat, Braunschweig, DE;
Silvan Horovitz, Braunschweig, DE;
Thanh-Binh To, Braunschweig, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/64 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 5/02 (2006.01); B08B 5/04 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/64 (2013.01); B08B 1/002 (2013.01); B08B 1/006 (2013.01); B08B 5/02 (2013.01); B08B 5/04 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for cleaning an interior of a motor vehicle, in particular an autonomously drivable motor vehicle, which includes the following steps recording at least one floor area of the interior by means of at least one camera device, determining a level of soiling of the floor area by evaluating the image recorded by the camera device, and cleaning at least the floor area, when the determined level of soiling exceeds a predefinable first limiting value.