Patent ID: 8771431
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A robotic wash monitor system for washing a vehicle comprising: a wash bay; a plurality of robotic wash monitors disposed in the wash bay, the plurality of robotic wash monitors each including a nozzle operable to project a cleaning medium against surfaces of the vehicle, the wash monitors and nozzles being stationarily positioned along the wash bay and the nozzles being mounted on the wash monitors so as to only pivot about a first axis and a second axis; a pump coupled to the nozzles and operable to provide high pressure cleaning medium thereto; a plurality of valves in fluid communication with the nozzles and being configured to open and close the flow of cleaning medium from the pump to the nozzles; at least one measuring device configured to measure the vehicle when the vehicle is located in the wash bay before washing of the vehicle; and a master control unit operatively connected to the plurality of robotic wash monitors, the pump, the plurality of valves, and the at least one measuring device, the master control unit being configured to calculate how the vehicle is oriented and where the vehicle is located in the wash bay based upon the measurements taken by the measuring device, and the master control unit being further configured to thereafter generate a cleaning procedure for each robotic wash monitor based upon the orientation of the vehicle and 3D data associated with the vehicle and to control the plurality of robotic wash monitors to clean the vehicle in accordance with the cleaning procedure, the cleaning procedure including the designating of areas of the vehicle as requiring additional washing and the designation of sensitive areas of the vehicle to avoid washing.