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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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