Patent ID: 11897515
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  A | IPC A  B  G

Claim 15:
16. A method for cleaning a vehicle comprising:
receiving sensor data from at least one vehicle sensor, the vehicle sensor to detect a person in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
determining, based on the sensor data, a portion of the passenger compartment that a first passenger contacted;
determining, based on the sensor data, that the first passenger has exited the passenger compartment of the vehicle;
distributing a disinfecting material inside the passenger compartment in response to determining that the first passenger has exited the passenger compartment, wherein distributing the disinfecting material comprises spraying the disinfecting material from a first nozzle of a plurality of nozzles, the first nozzle directed at the portion of the passenger compartment that the first passenger contacted, and not spraying the disinfecting material from a second nozzle of the plurality of nozzles; and
subsequent to distributing the disinfecting material, enabling a second passenger to enter the passenger compartment of the vehicle.