A rain and temperature sensing module including a housing having a cover plate formed of a transparent material, a printed circuit board disposed within the housing and having a light emitter, a light receiver, and a temperature sensing element disposed thereon, a transparent compound disposed within the housing and covering the light emitter, the light receiver, and the temperature sensing element, the transparent compound filling a space between the printed circuit board and the cover plate, wherein the transparent compound has a refractive index that is substantially equal to a refractive index of the cover plate, and wherein the transparent compound provides a thermally conductive medium between the cover plate and the temperature sensing element.

A wiper driving apparatus according to embodiments comprises: a sensor unit including a carbon micro coil; a precipitation amount sensing unit for outputting an output value corresponding to the value of a difference between a first frequency and a preset second frequency according to a change in the impedance value of the sensor unit; and a control unit for determining whether there is precipitation and the amount of precipitation by using the output value output through the precipitation amount sensing unit, and determining wiper driving conditions according to the determined results, wherein the first frequency is changed to correspond to a change in the inductance value of the carbon micro coil according to whether there is precipitation and the amount of precipitation.

Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a capacitive sensor configured to detect rain. The capacitive sensor may provide a reception electrode in communication with a drive electrode to form an electric field and a ground electrode surrounding the reception and drive electrodes. The ground electrode may couple the rain to a ground potential resulting in a decrease in the capacitance of the capacitive sensor.

Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a capacitive sensor configured to detect rain. The capacitive sensor may be integrated within an interior surface of a laminated glass structure comprising an adhesive interlayer disposed between two glass layers. The capacitive sensor electrodes may be arranged in a variety of configurations between the two glass layers. The capacitive sensor may be used with a printed circuit board that is configured to electrically couple to the capacitive sensor electrodes.

The invention relates to a method for operating a capacitive motor vehicle rain sensor, which has an electrically conductive structure and which is designed to generate an analog measurement signal corresponding to a rain intensity and output same as an output signal, wherein the method has the steps of detecting at least one interference signal, which causes an interference with the analog measurement signal and leads to a measurement signal affected by interference, at least partly suppressing the interference of the measurement signal affected by interference in at least one signal processing step on the basis of the detected interference signal and an output of an at least partially interference-suppressed output signal. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method and to a motor vehicle comprising the device.

A composite pane for separating an interior space from an external environment, includes an inner pane, an outer pane with an inner surface, and an intermediate layer that areally joins the inner surface of the outer pane to an outer surface of the inner pane, a capacitive sensor for detecting moisture having at least one capacitor that is connected to an electronic sensor unit, which is provided for detecting a change in capacitance of the capacitor, wherein the capacitor has at least two electrodes formed from a transparent, electrically conductive coating, which are capacitively coupled.

A wiper driving apparatus according to embodiments comprises: a sensor unit including a carbon micro coil; a precipitation amount sensing unit for outputting an output value corresponding to the value of a difference between a first frequency and a preset second frequency according to a change in the impedance value of the sensor unit; and a control unit for determining whether there is precipitation and the amount of precipitation by using the output value output through the precipitation amount sensing unit, and determining wiper driving conditions according to the determined results, wherein the first frequency is changed to correspond to a change in the inductance value of the carbon micro coil according to whether there is precipitation and the amount of precipitation.

The present invention is to provide a prevention method and a prevention system for preventing dew condensation and light scattering due to the dew condensation. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a fine liquid droplet capable of causing dew condensation is detected by a detection means for detecting a fine liquid droplet, and then the fine liquid droplet is removed on the basis of the detection. The detection means comprises a first thin wire made of a first metal, and a second thin wire made of a second metal or a semiconductor, the second metal is different from the first metal, the first thin wire and the second thin wire are dispose d in juxtaposition with each other on an insulating substrate, and a spacing between the first thin wire and the second thin wire is in a range of 20 nm or more and 10000 nm or less. Further, provided is a prevention system including a detection means for detecting a fine liquid droplet, a removing means for removing the fine liquid droplet, and a control means for controlling the removing means on the basis of information from the detection means.

A rain and temperature sensing module including a housing having a cover plate formed of a transparent material, a printed circuit board disposed within the housing and having a light emitter, a light receiver, and a temperature sensing element disposed thereon, a transparent compound disposed within the housing and covering the light emitter, the light receiver, and the temperature sensing element, the transparent compound filling a space between the printed circuit board and the cover plate, wherein the transparent compound has a refractive index that is substantially equal to a refractive index of the cover plate, and wherein the transparent compound provides a thermally conductive medium between the cover plate and the temperature sensing element.

According to one embodiment, there is provided a sensor for a vehicle, which includes: a vehicle glass; a substrate disposed on the vehicle glass; a transparent sensing electrode disposed on the substrate; and a wire electrode connected to the sensing electrode, wherein the sensing electrode comprises a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode spaced apart from the first sensing electrode.