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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2020
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Suhak Gwon, Gyeongju-si, KR;
June Soo Park, Seoul, KR;
Byung Seob Yu, Osan-si, KR;
Ill Soo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae Hong Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle which contributes to safe autonomous driving by washing the sensor provided in the vehicle by efficiently using a limited capacity washing solution, and a control method thereof. The vehicle includes: a first sensor; a second sensor; a driving device including at least one motor and configured to operate to clean the first sensor and the second sensor; and a controller configured to control the driving device to first wash the first sensor prior to the second sensor based on predetermined rank information when is the controller determines that at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor is contaminated.