ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,219, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Wiper timing and geometry to minimize sensor occlusion" was invented by Benjamin Ingram (Santa Clara, Calif.), Eric Schmidt (Los Altos, Calif.), Seth Gilbertson (Dublin, Calif.) and Nicholas Wiles (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for clearing a sensor cover is described. The system includes a first sensor that rotates within a sensor cover, a plurality of second sensors that are fixed relative to the sensor cover, a first wiper that is configured to clear the sensor cover of debris, and a motor. The motor is capable of rotating the first...