Patent ID: 11945580
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A method for operating an unmanned aircraft for cleaning vehicle sensors, comprising
receiving, at a service station, position data for the vehicle and location data for a sensor on the vehicle identified for cleaning;
receiving, at the service station, sensor data for the vehicle, wherein the sensor data comprises data indicating a type of sensor and/or the urgency of the cleaning required;
determining, at the service station, the position of the sensor that is to be cleaned in relation to the unmanned aircraft;
selecting an unmanned vehicle from the service station, based on the received sensor data;
causing the selected unmanned aircraft to fly to the vehicle on the basis of the position data received for the vehicle;
positioning the unmanned aircraft in proximity to the vehicle to clean a predetermined sensor based on the sensor data and location data; and
causing the unmanned aircraft to perform a cleaning operation via a cleaning unit on the predetermined sensor based on part on optical detection; and
causing the unmanned aircraft to return to the service station after the cleaning operation is completed.