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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2024
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Michael Schaeuble, Vaihingen An der Enz, DE;

Alan Pfetzer, Buehl, DE;

Alexander Dudek, Offenburg, DE;

Anisha Saxena, Hirschberg, DE;

Daniel Weiler, Ottersweier, DE;

Hubert Lamm, Kappelrodeck, DE;

Johann Klaehn, Mannheim, DE;

Jonas Frick, Mutterstadt, DE;

Marcel Knick, Steinheim, DE;

Oliver Enzmann, Gaggenau, DE;

Stephan Lenor, Gerlingen, DE;

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/56 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 2552/05 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2554/804 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01); B60W 2754/30 (2020.02);
Abstract

A device for minimizing soiling of an environmental sensor of a vehicle having an evaluation unit, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine information about objects in the environment of the vehicle which are potentially set up to cause soiling of the environmental sensor in a region of a field of view of the environmental sensor, to determine minimum distances between the respective objects on the basis of the determined information, compliance with which is suitable for minimizing soiling of the environmental sensor, and to generate and provide a signal representing the determined minimum distances.


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