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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Kothamasi Sumithra Raju, Bangalore, IN;
Julien P. Mourou, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Sudipto Ray, Bangalore, IN;
Yuchuan Liu, Troy, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A Lidar system, a cleaning apparatus for the Lidar system and a method of operation. The cleaning apparatus cleans a surface of the Lidar system. The cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle and a processor. The nozzle discharges a gas at a surface of the Lidar system. The processor is configured to identify a type of debris on the surface, identify a cleaning mode for cleaning the surface based on the type of debris, select a nozzle velocity of the gas from the nozzle based on the cleaning mode, and operate the nozzle to discharge the gas at the nozzle velocity.
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