US 11,858,473 B2
Vehicle washing device, vehicle washing method and recording medium
Takahiro Aoyama, Kariya (JP); Kento Hashimoto, Kariya (JP); and Daisuke Shirakura, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Appl. No. 17/279,481
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/031204
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/066322, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-179053 (JP), filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402958 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B60S 1/48 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); B60S 1/58 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/0848 (2013.01) [B60S 1/485 (2013.01); B60S 1/546 (2013.01); B60S 1/583 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle washing device comprising:
a wiping device configured to reciprocatingly wipe a predetermined range of a rear windshield of a vehicle, the predetermined range including a first portion that includes at least an imaging range of an imaging device that is configured to image rearward of the vehicle through the rear windshield from inside a cabin of the vehicle and a second portion that does not include the imaging range; and
a processor that is configured to switch operation of the wiping device to one of a first mode and a second mode in accordance with an input, the first mode wiping the first portion and the second portion of the predetermined range of the rear windshield in a same way, and the second mode wiping the first portion of the predetermined range including the imaging range of the rear windshield in a way that is different from a way in which the second portion of the predetermined range is wiped.