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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akinobu Kubota, Shizuoka, JP;
Taishi Hachiya, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaaki Sato, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshihisa Hayami, Shizuoka, JP;
Yusuke Totsuka, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayuki Miwa, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/481 (2006.01); B60S 1/46 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); B60S 1/46 (2013.01); B60S 1/54 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor system to be mounted on a vehicle includes a LiDAR, a camera, a housing that accommodates the LiDAR and the camera and a cleaner that is attached to the housing and has at least one nozzle configured to clean a first cleaning target surface corresponding to the LiDAR and a second cleaning target surface corresponding to the camera at the same time using a cleaning medium.