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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Plusai, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jinpeng Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Greg Seyfarth, Los Altos, CA (US);
Qiaoyu Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Amit Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
PlusAI, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present teaching relates to method and system for sensor protection. A sensor protection system includes an assembly having a first structure embedded in a second structure, wherein a sensor is firmly placed in the first structure for sensing information through the assembly and protected from negative impact of outside environment, and one or more devices mounted on the second structure for providing means to clean a slanted surface of the second structure through which the sensor senses the surrounding information, wherein the one or more devices can be individually or jointly activated as needed to clean the slanted surface in order to prevent degradation of information sensed by the sensor through the assembly.