SENSING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE

WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/170679

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A sensing system (4a) is configured to detect dirt adhering to an outer cover of a vehicle lighting device mounted on a vehicle. The sensing system (4a) is provided with: a LiDAR unit (44a) disposed in a space formed by the housing and outer cover of the vehicle lighting device, and configured to acquire point cloud data indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle; a lighting device cleaner (46a) configured to remove dirt adhering to the outer cover; and a lighting device cleaner controller (460a) configured to acquire reflected light intensity information relating to the intensities of a plurality of reflected light reflected by a road surface after being emitted from the LiDAR unit (44a), determine, on the basis of the acquired reflected light intensity information, whether or not dirt is adhering to the outer cover, and drive the lighting device cleaner (46a) in accordance with a determination that dirt is adhering to the outer cover.

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TOTSUKA YUSUKE (JP)
MARUYAMA YUTA (JP)
NAMBA TAKANORI (JP)

PCT/JP2020/001744

August 27, 2020

January 20, 2020

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KOITO MFG CO LTD (JP)

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