US 12,269,442 B2
Carwash device, car-washing method, storage medium stored with car-washing program, and car-washing system
Teruaki Haibara, Kanagawa-ken (JP); Kenji Hoshi, Gotemba (JP); and Masaaki Sato, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/808,541.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-107108 (JP), filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410849 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60S 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 3/06 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carwash device, comprising:
a memory, and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:
receive vehicle attribute information indicating an attribute of a vehicle that is a car-washing target;
select a car-washing mode based on the vehicle attribute information; and
drive a drive section for washing the vehicle such that the vehicle is washed in the selected car-washing mode, wherein:
the vehicle attribute information includes information indicating whether or not the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle;
in a case in which the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle, the processor sets an autonomous vehicle-specific car-washing mode, which is the car-washing mode avoiding a vicinity of a sensor utilized during autonomous driving; and
the processor is configured to control the drive section such that the vehicle is washed in the set autonomous vehicle-specific car-washing mode.