A cleaning system of a vehicle, comprising: a first medium unit; an acceleration unit, a second medium unit, wherein the first medium unit is configured to direct a first medium into the acceleration unit, wherein the acceleration unit is configured to discharge the first medium from the cleaning system in a predetermined fluid flow, and wherein the second medium unit is configured to introduce a second medium into the predetermined fluid flow.

A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera module configured to be disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle. The camera module includes a mounting base and a camera that is pivotally mounted at the mounting base. The camera includes an imager and a lens. The camera is pivoted relative to the mounting base between a stowed position and a deployed position. The camera module includes a wiping element that is disposed at the mounting base and configured to wipe the lens when the camera is pivoted between the stowed and deployed positions. A portion of the wiping element is disposed at a lens wiping region and configured to wipe the lens when the camera is pivoted between the stowed and deployed positions. Pivoting the camera between the stowed and deployed positions causes presentation of a clean portion of the wiping element to wipe the lens.

A system includes a sensor base, a sensor cover having a window that is rotatably mounted to the base. The system includes a contacting cleaner and a contactless cleaner. The system further includes a processor that is programmed to actuate, first, the contactless cleaner and, then, upon determining that opacity of the window exceeds a predetermined threshold after actuation of the contactless cleaner, the contacting cleaner.

A camera cleaning system for an autonomous vehicle may include a platform that can accommodate multiple cameras, wiper systems, as well as a fluid delivery system. The wiper system may include a wiper, rail, and a hydraulic motion component for each camera. The platform surface that contacts the wiper system's wipers and cleaning fluid may be angled and may include a window or lens for each camera. The autonomous vehicle may include a controller that may decide when a camera cleaning protocol should be executed. Alternatively, or additionally, a camera cleaning protocol may be executed periodically, as indicated by a controller.

A windshield-wiping apparatus (10) is proposed, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a wiping element (18) that can be moved over a windshield (12) to be wiped. According to the present invention, a compressed gas generator (14) generating compressed gas is provided, and the wiping element (18) is configured so as to pass over the windshield (12) in a contactless manner.

Gas such as air can be expelled selectively (e.g., varied intensity/gas pressure, amount of gas expelled, direction, etc.) from one or more nozzles provided on a windshield wiper assembly. The amount, direction, speed, and/or pressure at which the gas is expelled from the nozzle can be selectively controlled according to the needs of the vehicle, as well as any conditions, e.g., environmental conditions, in response to which the vehicle's windshield wiper(s) are enabled. In this way, the accumulation, overflow, or runoff of fluid/debris near or at the A-pillars of the vehicle can be wiped away.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for an exterior camera cleaning system for a vehicle include an air inlet configured to receive a flow of air from a passenger compartment of the vehicle in response to an increase in an air pressure in the passenger compartment. An air outlet is in fluid communication with the air inlet. The air outlet is configured to direct the flow of air toward an exterior vehicle camera lens to remove debris therefrom. The air inlet can receive the flow of air in response to a passenger door of the vehicle being closed, which generates a positive pressure in the passenger compartment, which in turn is directed through the air outlet toward the exterior vehicle camera lens.