ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,723, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method of controlling cleaning of sensor units" was invented by Jong Min Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Nak Kyoung Kong (Seongnam-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling cleaning of a sensor unit, includes determining, by a controller, whether autonomous driving is possible, determining, by a measurement unit, whether a vehicle is in a rainy environment, determining, by the controller, priorities of a plurality of sensor units according to a driving environment of the vehicle during the auton...