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7615955 |
Washer controller and washer system for vehicle
A washer controller controls a washer motor in accordance with a manipulation of a washer switch. A washer switch detector determines whether a manipulation of the washer switch is performed within...
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7589836 |
Optoelectronic sensor device
An optoelectronic sensor device is described for recording of soiling on a transparent cover, with at least one light source that emits at least two light beams, a test surface arranged in the...
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7516002 |
Rain sensor for detecting rain or other material on window of a vehicle or on other surface
A system and/or method for sensing the presence of moisture (e.g., rain) and/or other material(s) on a window such as a vehicle window (e.g., vehicle windshield or backlite). In certain example...
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7466097 |
Wiper control method and wiper control device
A wiper control method and a wiper control device are provided which can smoothly respond to rapid change of a rainfall situation at passage of a rainfall shutoff environment such as a tunnel. A...
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7430428 |
Method for communicating teletype information in a vehicle communication system between a vehicle and a remote station
A communication system and method for transmitting and receiving teletype information in a vehicle ( 20 ). The communication system ( 22 ) includes an external interface ( 24 ) and a communication...
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7429745 |
Sensor device for detecting wetting on a windshield based on received reference light
A sensor device for detecting wetting on a windshield includes a light emission element for emitting a light, a first light reception element for receiving the light in a first light path that...
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7427844 |
Switch assembly, electric machine having the switch assembly, and method of controlling the same
A pump assembly for pumping a liquid and a method of controlling the pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a motor coupled to a pump, and an electronic switch assembly electrically connected to...
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7385216 |
Sensor device and wiper controller having sensor device
A sensor device for detecting wetting on a windshield includes a light emission element for emitting a light, a first light reception element for receiving the light in a first light path that...
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7365507 |
Power control apparatus for motor
A power control apparatus for a motor is disclosed. The power control apparatus includes: a moisture sensor for detecting moisture soaking into a housing including the motor; and a switching unit...
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7342375 |
Automatic storm shutter control
The present invention provides wireless and direct wired methods and devices for automatically closing electrically-driven roll-down storm shutters in the presence of rain on one or more rain sensors.
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7248010 |
Wiper controller for controlling windshield wiper
A wiper controller includes: a sensor for detecting a waterdrop on a windshield; a wiper for wiping the windshield; and control means for controlling operation of the wiper. The control means...
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7235944 |
Wiper control system
A wiper control system for detecting an amount of raindrops landed on a windshield of a vehicle and driving a wipe operation of a wiper to wipe the landed raindrops. The wiper control system...
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7154241 |
Wiper control method and wiper control device
There are provided a wiper control method and a wiper control device in which unnecessary wiping operation is not performed. When a fixed amount of water passing through a detection area 4 , the...
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7098618 |
Rain detection system and method of controlling the same
A rain detection system generates an operation signal for operating a wiper system on a window based on a detected window condition. The rain detection system includes a detection mechanism for...
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7095199 |
Automatic vehicle wiper system
An automatic vehicle wiper system including a wiper, a speed sensor which measures vehicle speed, a rainfall measuring device which measures amount of rainfall during predetermined intervals, a...
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7019321 |
Sensing device and its sensing method, and wiper controlling apparatus using the same
In a rain sensing device, a sensing device that can estimate the size of raindrops or the like without a large amount of hardware resources, and its sensing method, and a wiper controlling...
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7012394 |
Battery-powered air handling system for subsurface aeration
The invention is a battery powered source for an air handling system that provides subsurface aeration services when an available power source provides insufficient power. The system comprises a...
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7009356 |
Wiper control apparatus and method for automatic vehicular wiping
The wiper control apparatus comprises a precipitation detector, a surrounding state detector and a wiper controller. The precipitation detector detects a precipitation condition at a position where...
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7009355 |
Wiper control system for a vehicle and a method thereof
A wiper control system is provided which comprises a rain droplet detector, a multiplexer, a count register, and a wiper control unit. The rain droplet detector has a plurality of switches that are...
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7002480 |
Deposit detector and control device using it
A deposit detector in which deposit on a detection surface has a surface shape effect, and generation of a flashing phenomenon caused by irregular reflection of the light incident on the deposit...
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6958585 |
Windshield wiper system activated by sensing rainwater
A windshield wiper system activated by sensing rainwater via a rain sensor placed inside the wiping pattern when a multifunction switch lever is in automatic mode. A rain sensor module activates a...
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6954047 |
Transmission detector for a window body, in particular the windshield of a motor vehicle, and a cleaning device for a viewing area of a window body
A transmission detector for a window body, in particular the windshield of a motor vehicle, has an optical sensor device which includes an imaging system and a position-sensitive optical detector....
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6936985 |
Sensing device for determining a rain rate
A sensing device includes a piezoelectric vibration sensor mounted to a surface for producing an analog signal proportional to raindrops striking the surface, an amplifier, an analog-to-digital...
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6894619 |
Sensor for optically detecting foreign bodies particularly raindrops on a glass pane
A sensor for optical detection of foreign bodies, in particular raindrops, on a window, in particular on the windshield of a motor vehicle, having a sensor element that is coupled to the inside of...
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6888465 |
Sensor unit for detecting the wetting of a window
The invention relates to a sensor unit for detecting the wetting of a window. Signals from the condensation sensor are used to control an air conditioning, heating, and/or ventilation unit. The...
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6877870 |
Sensor-mirror arrangement on a windshield
A sensor-mirror arrangement on a windshield of a motor vehicle with an optical sensor that is fastened on the windshield in an edge region arranged between a free field of vision of the windshield...
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6864655 |
Rain sensor, in particular for a motor vehicle having a window-wiper device, and method for controlling a windshield-wiper device
A rain sensor, in particular for a motor vehicle including a window-wiper device (windshield-wiper device), including a measuring element, which has a sensitivity that is predefinable by a control...
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6851157 |
Wiper system, especially for a motor vehicle
Wiper system, in particular for a motor vehicle, having at least one wiper ( 12 ) supported in a fashion that allows it to swing between two end positions, that can be driven by a—particularly...
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6831435 |
Vehicle blower motor device and holder for blower motor device
A holder of a vehicle blower motor device includes a holder body for holding a motor, a disk-shaped coupling member, and a cover plate. The holder body, the coupling member, and the cover plate...
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6831288 |
Light-sensitive sensor unit, especially for automatic switching of illumination equipment
Light-sensitive sensor unit, especially for the automatic switching of illuminating equipment, preferably in motor vehicles, which includes at least two light-sensitive sensors, at least a first...
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6825629 |
Method of controlling a wiper motor
A method and a device for controlling a wiper motor of a motor vehicle. A rain sensor sends signals to a control device and the wiper motor is switched off when a first threshold is exceeded or is...
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6765631 |
Vehicle windshield rain sensor
A rain sensor includes an amplifier circuit that amplifies an output voltage from a photodiode and then provides this voltage signal to a CPU. The amplifier circuit conducts an offset...
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6744371 |
Sensing device for detecting wetness on a glass pane
A sensor arrangement for detecting a wetting, in particular a precipitation and dirt accumulation, on a window ( 13 ) is proposed, with at least one transmitter ( 14 ) and at least one receiver (...
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6696808 |
Windscreen wiper device for wiping windscreens
A windscreen wiper device and a method for wiping windscreens, including at least one motor whose direction of rotation can be altered, at least one wiper which is coupled to the motor and which...
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6690130 |
Windshield wiper system
Operation of a windshield wiper system for cleaning a windshield of a motor vehicle includes driving at least one wiper by an electric drive motor so that the at least one wiper shifted between two...
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6674476 |
Outdoor housing for TV camera
A housing for a TV camera has an automatic wiping mode for automatically driving a wiper, which is provided at a front window of the housing, at predetermined time intervals. The execution of the...
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6657410 |
Control device for a windscreen wiper device
A control device for the drive motor of a windscreen wiper device in a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, comprising a control switch which can be activated by means of a manually actuated wiper...
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6646560 |
Window fan with rain sensing control
A window fan assembly comprising a housing with openings therein for an air stream through the housing; at least one fan is mounted in the housing for generating the air stream through the openings...
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6617813 |
Wiper control system and method for controlling wiper
A raindrop sensor detects an amount of raindrops landed on a window glass and outputs a measurement signal to a microcomputer. The microcomputer calculates an average amount of raindrops by...
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6614015 |
Detector of stains on a transparent plate surface
A detector of stains on a transparent plate surface is arranged on an internal surface of the plate and includes an emitter for emitting a modulated light signal towards the inside of the plate and...
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6596978 |
Stereo imaging rain sensor
Two embodiments include a first image sensor ( 14, 114 ) for sensing a first image of the exterior surface of the glass ( 12 ) along a first optical axis A and a second image sensor ( 16, 116 ) for...
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6590662 |
Object sensor and a windshield wiper controller using the same
An object sensor and object sensing method that sense the status of the sensing surface by detecting a dynamic impact of a rain drop, not by comparing the signal with a reference value. An object...
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6546590 |
Automatic attachable side-view mirror cleaning device
An automatic attachable side-view mirror cleaning device is provided for cleaning the side-view mirrors on tractor-trailer rigs. Utilizing a rubber squeegee blade, similar to that used on...
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6545285 |
Sensor device for detecting moisture on a window
A sensor device is described for detecting wetting of a windshield that has only one transmitter with which two measuring zones of the sensor device can be implemented on a wettable outside of the...
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6489739 |
Vehicle window actuation assembly
A window actuation assembly for a vehicle which is structured to automatically lower at least one, but preferably all of the windows of a vehicle in the event that a vehicle becomes partially or...
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6469291 |
Moisture detecting system using semiconductor light sensor with integral charge collection
Moisture detection permits moisture removal equipment, such as automotive windshield wipers and defogger systems, to be operated automatically. A system for detecting moisture on a surface includes...
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6455866 |
Sensor device for detecting moisture on a window
A sensor device is described for detecting wetting, in particular rainfall and soiling, on a windshield that has at least two, preferably eight, transmitters and at least one receiver for receiving...
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6437322 |
Moisture sensor with digital signal processing filtering
A moisture sensor for detecting moisture on the surface of a transparent material. The moisture sensor includes one or more emitters for producing emitter signals, and one or more detectors for...
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6420845 |
Control device for a windscreen wiper system
A control device for the driving motor ( 10 ) of a windshield system. A manually operated wiper switch ( 18 ) is provided for selecting an operating mode, in at least one of which the wiper speed...
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6404490 |
Method for detecting and localizing diffuse reflecting coatings situated on a translucent pane
The invention relates to a method and device for detecting and localizing diffuse-reflecting coatings situated on a translucent pane. The aim of the invention is to make it possible to detect any...
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