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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Denso Electronics Corporation, Anjo, JP;
Inventor:
Manabu Morita, Anjo, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Anjo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/48 (2006.01); G01F 9/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/08 (2020.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/481 (2013.01); G01F 9/001 (2013.01); D06F 34/08 (2020.02); D06F 34/14 (2020.02); D06F 39/087 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A washer control device includes a computer configured to: monitor a motor current value that is a value of electric current supplied to a washer motor; acquire an energization time for which the electric current is supplied to the washer motor; and calculate a usage amount of a washer fluid from the motor current value and the energization time, and calculate, as a margin of the washer fluid, a remaining amount of the washer fluid in a washer tank based on the usage amount.