ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,716, issued on March 31.
"Rain sensor system, vehicle and method for detecting rain" was invented by Michal Hejduk (Prague).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rain sensor system (1) for detecting rain on a window (101) of a vehicle (100), comprising: a camera device (2) configured to capture images (14) of an area surrounding the vehicle (100) which is located in a field of view (103) of the camera device (2); and multiple rain sensors (5) which are arranged on the window (101) and at least partially in the field of view (103) of the camera device (2), each rain sensor (5) comprising: a light guide (7) which is configured to guide ligh...