Patent ID: 11878663
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
an interior and an exterior;
a surface disposed within the interior;
a movable seat positioned over a first portion of the surface;
a processor;
a seat control system configured to, under control of the processor, move the movable seat such that the first portion of the surface is exposed;
a light source configured to, when activated by the processor after the seat control system has moved the movable seat, illuminate a second portion of the surface, wherein the second portion includes the first portion;
a sensor configured to, under control of the processor, capture an image of the second portion of the surface while the second portion of the surface is illuminated by the light source; and
a cleaning element configured to, when activated by the processor, clean the second portion of the surface,
wherein the processor is configured to detect foreign material on the second portion of the surface based on a comparison between the image and a stored image,
wherein the processor is configured to, after detecting the foreign material on the second portion of the surface, activate the cleaning element.