Patent ID: 11867845
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. A method of controlling a LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
sensing whether moisture has formed on a window cover;
determining, by a sensor mounted on the vehicle, whether moisture is formed on an entire region of the window cover; and
determining, by a sensor mounted on the vehicle, whether rain or snow is falling,
wherein:
the determining of whether rain or snow is falling is performed when the determination result of the determining of whether moisture is formed on the entire region of the window cover indicates that moisture is formed on the entire region of the window cover;
when the determination result of the determining of whether rain or snow is falling indicates that rain or snow is falling, a controller performs heating the entire region of the window cover to a value equal to or greater than a first setting value using a far-infrared light source;
when the determination result of the determining of whether rain or snow is falling indicates that rain or snow is not falling, a controller performs heating the entire region of the window cover to a value equal to or less than a second setting value using a far-infrared light source;
when the determination result of the determining of whether moisture is formed on the entire region of the window cover indicates that moisture is not formed on the entire region of the window cover, a controller performs determining whether moisture is formed only on a specific region of the window cover; and
when the determination result of the determining of whether moisture is formed on the specific region of the window cover indicates that moisture is formed on the specific region of the window cover, the controller performs heating only the specific region of the window cover to a value equal to or greater than a third setting value using a far-infrared light source.