Patent ID: 8347448

Claim:
A wiper system for a vehicle, comprising: a wiper that is supported by a body of the vehicle in a swingable manner to wipe a front glass of the vehicle; a wiper motor that has an output shaft, which is connected to the wiper to transmit a rotational force of the wiper motor to the wiper to reciprocally swing the wiper between an upper return position and a lower return position in response to forward and backward rotations of the output shaft upon energization of the wiper motor; and a control unit that controls the wiper motor, wherein when the wiper is stopped at the lower return position, the control unit executes a stop position holding control operation in such a manner that the control unit controls a rotational direction of the wiper motor to apply a rotational force to the wiper in a downward direction and controls the rotational force of the wiper motor based on a speed of the vehicle to substantially maintain the wiper at the lower return position.