US 12,291,175 B2
System and method for cleaning sensors of a vehicle
Lawrence Louis, Munich (DE); Luca Parolini, Landshut (DE); Mathias Pinsel, Haar (DE); and Mark Zellerhoff, Wippenhausen (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/641,276
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/073511
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/047892, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 124 099.9 (DE), filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289147 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60S 1/56 (2013.01) [B60W 60/00 (2020.02); B60W 2520/00 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for cleaning sensors of a vehicle, comprising:
at least one cleaning apparatus which is configured to clean multiple sensors of the vehicle; and
a control apparatus which is configured to control the at least one cleaning apparatus,
wherein the control apparatus is further configured to select a plurality of sensors which are intended to be cleaned from the multiple sensors on the basis of at least one situation parameter and to determine an order in which the selected plurality of sensors are intended to be cleaned, and
wherein the at least one situation parameter comprises an energy consumption of the vehicle considering a high energy consumption for another vehicle component.