Title:
CLEANING CONTROL DEVICE, CLEANING CONTROL METHOD, AND CLEANING CONTROL PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/054531
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A cleaning control device (1) controls a cleaning system (5) of a vehicle (2) equipped with an optical sensor (40) for acquiring an external light image (Ioo) corresponding to an external light intensity when light emission for sensing of reflected light is stopped, a sensing camera (41) for acquiring a camera image (Ic) corresponding to the external light intensity, and said cleaning system (5), for cleaning incident surfaces (33o, 33c) upon which light from overlapping sensing areas (Ao, Ac) of the optical sensor (40) and the sensing camera (41) is incident, wherein the cleaning control device (1) is provided with: an extracting unit (100) for extracting an unmatching pixel group by comparing the external light image (Ioo) and the camera image (Ic); and a control unit (120) for instructing the cleaning system (5) to control cleaning of dirt (Do, Dc) estimated to correspond to the unmatching pixel group (Po, Pc) on the incident surfaces (33o, 33c).
Inventors:
FUKUMOTO HARUTSUGU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2021/030489
Publication Date:
March 17, 2022
Filing Date:
August 20, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DENSO CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04N5/225; B60S1/62; G06T1/00; G06T5/50; H04N5/232
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2021075299A1 | 2021-04-22 |
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YAHAGI Kazuyuki et al. (JP)
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