method and device for controlling a cleaning apparatus for a vehicle camera, method for cleaning a vehicle camera and camera system for a vehicle

A method for controlling a cleaning apparatus for a vehicle camera includes: a step of reading in image data that represent at least one image area of an image taken by the vehicle camera of a vehicle environment; a step of evaluating an image property of the at least one image area of the image in...

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Main Authors KANTER PASCAL, VOELZ HENNING
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.10.2015
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, ORMANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR
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Summary:A method for controlling a cleaning apparatus for a vehicle camera includes: a step of reading in image data that represent at least one image area of an image taken by the vehicle camera of a vehicle environment; a step of evaluating an image property of the at least one image area of the image in order to determine a soiling value of the vehicle camera; and a step of generating a control signal for controlling the cleaning apparatus as a function of the soiling value.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201314647945