CLEANING DEVICE

• Main Author: ISOBE YUSUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 16.06.2022
• Subjects: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, ORMANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

To provide a cleaning device which can inhibit wasting of a cleaning fluid.SOLUTION: A cleaning device 100 includes: a camera 101 which generates image data by using electromagnetic waves passing through a window part 108 which is exposed to the outside of a vehicle 10 with its one surface serving as a sensor surface SF; a nozzle 102 which jets a cleaning fluid to the sensor surface SF to clean the sensor surface SF; a pump 104 which pumps the cleaning fluid to the nozzle 102; a valve device 105 configured to change a pressure of the cleaning fluid pumped to the nozzle 102; and a controller 106 which determines a type of an object adhering to the sensor surface SF based on the image data generated by a sensor device and controls the valve device 105 so as to change the pressure of the cleaning liquid jetted from the nozzle 102 according to the type of the object adhering to the sensor surface SF.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】洗浄液の無駄遣いを抑制できる洗浄装置を提供する。【解決手段】洗浄装置１００は、一方の面がセンサ面ＳＦとして車両１０の外部に露出した窓部１０８を通過する電磁波を用いて画像データを生成するカメラ１０１と、センサ面ＳＦに向けて洗浄液を噴射することによりセンサ面ＳＦを洗浄するノズル１０２と、ノズル１０２に洗浄液を圧送するポンプ１０４と、ノズル１０２に圧送される洗浄液の圧力を変更可能に構成されているバルブ装置１０５と、センサ装置が生成する画像データに基づいてセンサ面ＳＦに付着した汚れの種類を判定し、センサ面ＳＦに付着した汚れの種類に応じてノズル１０２から噴射される洗浄液の圧力を変更するようにバルブ装置１０５を制御する制御装置１０６と、を有する。【選択図】図２