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Method and apparatus for cleaning an interior of a motor vehicle

US10632975B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Bjoern Strasdat · Braunschweig, DE
Silvan Horovitz · Braunschweig, DE
Thanh-Binh To · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30268
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for cleaning an interior of a motor vehicle, in particular an autonomously drivable motor vehicle, which includes the following steps recording at least one floor area of the interior by means of at least one camera device, determining a level of soiling of the floor area by evaluating the image recorded by the camera device, and cleaning at least the floor area, when the determined level of soiling exceeds a predefinable first limiting value.

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