Patent ID: 7748075

Claim:
A wiper system for a vehicle, comprising: a wiper that reciprocally wipes a windshield of the vehicle; a washer fluid spraying means for spraying washer fluid over the windshield; a switching means for switching an operational mode of the wiper and of the washer fluid spraying means among a plurality of operational modes, which include: a low speed wiping mode, in which reciprocal wiping movement of the wiper is executed to wipe the windshield at a first wiping speed without spraying the washer fluid from the washer fluid spraying means; a high speed wiping mode, in which reciprocal wiping movement of the wiper is executed to wipe the windshield at a second wiping speed that is higher than the first wiping speed without spraying the washer fluid from the washer fluid spraying means; and a wash and wipe mode, in which the washer fluid is sprayed from the washer fluid spraying means over the windshield of the vehicle, and reciprocal wiping movement of the wiper is executed a plurality of times to wipe the windshield, wherein a wiping speed of the wiper in the wash and wipe mode in at least one of a running state and a stopped state of the vehicle is set to be lower than the first wiping speed of the wiper that is set for the low speed wiping mode; and a control means for controlling a wiping speed of the wiper and a washer fluid spraying operation of the washer fluid spraying means based on a switched one of the plurality of wiping modes, which is switched thorough the switching means.