Vehicle sensor lens hoods for reduction of straylight on an image sensor lens, which can include a body, a first aperture, and a second aperture. The lens hood can further be associated with a structure, such as a fascia, of a vehicle. Vehicles and autonomous vehicles products are also provided.

Provided are devices for camera cleaning and flare reduction for vehicles, which can include a cleaning device for cleaning a transparent window of a housing containing a camera system. The devices can include optical panels with different properties that can be moved in front of the transparent window for flare reduction. Methods are provided which can include analyzing at least one image to determine a presence of an optical flare within the at least one image, and, based on detecting the optical flare, causing at least one optical panel to be moved into a position in front of a lens of the imaging device. Computer program products are also provided.

A wiper washer control apparatus includes an ignition sensor, a shift position sensor, a wiper driving unit, a washer spraying unit, a wiper lever detection unit, and a wiper washer control unit. The wiper washer control unit changes a control to be performed by the wiper driving unit to a delay mode when receiving information indicating that the traveling driver is in the started state from the ignition sensor, receiving information indicating that a shift position is in a parking range from the shift position sensor, and receiving information indicating that the delay mode is to be started from the wiper lever detection unit. The wiper washer control unit changes the control to be performed by the wiper driving unit to a spray mode when receiving, in the delay mode, information indicating that the spray mode is to be started from the wiper lever detection unit.

A foreign object detecting system and a method are provided. A control circuit controls a light transmitter and a light receiver. The light transmitter is disposed adjacent to a detected object and emits a light signal toward the detected object. The light receiver is disposed adjacent to the detected object in a path along which the light signal reflected by the detected object travels. The light receiver receives the light signal reflected to the light receiver. In a pre-operation, the control circuit defines the light signal received by the light receiver when the foreign object is not on the detected object as a first reflected light signal. In a detection operation, the control circuit determines that a difference exists between the light signal currently received by the light receiver and the first reflected light signal, the control circuit determines that the foreign object is on the detected object.

A method for manufacturing an objective. A component at risk of icing up, for example an optical lens or a radiation-permeable cover, is inserted into a housing and connected to, preferably braced against, the housing, by an interconnection of a heating ring made of an electrically conductive elastomer material. An objective, and an imager module that includes an objective are also description.

The invention relates to a method for detecting the rotary angle positions (?, ?) of rotating parts of a wiper motor, the wiper motor having a brushless electric motor as a first part which comprises a rotor rotating about a first axis of rotation and which drives a gear wheel as a second part which rotates about a second axis of rotation and which comprises a driven shaft, and the rotary angle positions (?, ?) of the two rotating parts being detected by means of two sensor devices each having a signal generating element and a sensor element for detecting a changing physical parameter of the signal generating element.

The invention relates to a method for detecting the rotary angle positions (?, ?) of rotating parts of a wiper motor, the wiper motor having a brushless electric motor as a first part which comprises a rotor rotating about a first axis of rotation and which drives a gear wheel as a second part which rotates about a second axis of rotation and which comprises a driven shaft, and the rotary angle positions (?, ?) of the two rotating parts being detected by means of two sensor devices each having a signal generating element and a sensor element for detecting a changing physical parameter of the signal generating element.

When a first driver setting mode indicates an OFF mode or an AUTO mode, a VP accepts a light operation mode request from an ADK. When an operation is performed by a user, the VP changes an operation mode of a headlight in accordance with the operation by the user. When the operation by the user has not been performed, the VP changes the operation mode of the headlight in accordance with the light operation mode request.

A product [11] includes a foldable clamshell-type housing [10] folded to a closed position to contain a pre-formed sensor pad [17] that was formed in situ therein when the housing [10] was in an open position, prior to closing. The housing [10] has an enclosed volume [12] bounded by relatively thin and flexible walls [23, 34], and outwardly extending tabs [18] which facilitate opening. This structure enables the user to easily open the housing [10] to remove the sensor pad [17], a cured silicone composition, by pushing inward on an outer surface of the outer wall [34] of a base section [15] of the housing [10]. This product [11] reduces the amount of manipulation needed to place the sensor pad [17] in a desired position, for example, during installation of a rain sensor system for a vehicle windshield.

A method for washing a window of a vehicle, using at least one wiper blade member and a liquid projector that projects liquid for washing the window onto a wiping surface has a first wiping cycle including a first step of actuating the wiper blade member to move over the window in a first direction from a first starting position to a wiping end position, while projecting the liquid onto the wiping surface, and a second step of actuating the wiper blade member to move over the window in a second direction opposite the first direction from the wiping end position to the first starting position, and a second wiping cycle including a third step of actuating the wiper blade member to move over the window in the first direction from the first starting position to the wiping end position, while projecting the liquid onto the wiping surface.