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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Electro-motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);

Inventors:

Dennis Melas, Chicago, IL (US);

Isaac Traylor, Brookfield, IL (US);

Assignee:

Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., La Grange, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B61D 25/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/02 (2006.01); B60S 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D 25/00 (2013.01); B60S 1/023 (2013.01); B60S 1/0818 (2013.01); B60S 1/485 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vision control system for controlling a vision of a glass surface of a locomotive. The vision control system includes a sensing module for detecting at least one parameter related to the glass surface. The sensing module includes a moisture sensing device configured to detect a presence of moisture on the glass surface and a photo sensor configured to detect an opacity of the glass surface. The vision control system also includes a cleaning system configured to perform a cleaning operation on the glass surface. The vision control system further includes a controller communicably coupled to the sensing module and the cleaning system. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of the at least one parameter related to the glass surface from the sensing module and communicate with the cleaning system to control the cleaning operation based on the received signal.


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