ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,684, issued on May 26, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Lens cleaning system" was invented by Joao Nuno Rocha (Berlin) and Sean Corro (Burlingame, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a camera assembly, a fluid dispensing assembly, a wiper assembly, and a controller. The camera assembly can include a lens. The controller can be in communication with the camera assembly, the fluid dispensing assembly, and/or the wiper assembly. In some examples, the controller can be configured to determine, based on image quality data generated by the camera assembly, that a debris is attached to the lens. In response...