US 11,724,669 B2
System and method for a sensor protection system
Jinpeng Li, San Jose, CA (US); Greg Seyfarth, Los Altos, CA (US); Qiaoyu Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US); and Amit Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to PlusAI, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by PlusAI, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/715,375.
Prior Publication US 2021/0179025 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60S 1/38 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC B60S 1/0844 (2013.01) [B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60S 1/38 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor protection system, comprising:
an assembly, mounted on an external surface of a vehicle, having a first structure embedded in a second structure, wherein a sensor is placed in the first structure for sensing information of a surrounding through the assembly and protected from negative impact of outside environment;
one or more devices mounted on the second structure to clean a slanted surface of the second structure through which the sensor senses the information, wherein the one or more devices are configured to be individually or jointly activated as needed to clean the slanted surface in order to prevent degradation in the information sensed by the sensor.