US 11,722,787 B2
System and method for sensor system against glare and control thereof
Jinpeng Li, San Jose, CA (US); Greg Seyfarth, Los Altos, CA (US); Qiaoyu Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US); and Amit Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to PlusAI, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by PlusAI, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,820.
Application 17/895,820 is a continuation of application No. 16/715,657, filed on Dec. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,470,265.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417404 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/75 (2023.01); G02B 26/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC H04N 23/75 (2023.01) [G02B 26/02 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an assembly mountable on a vehicle, the assembly configured to house at least one sensor;
a controller for determining an environmental impact on the at least one sensor; and
a mechanism connectable to the assembly and activatable to block the environmental impact in response to the controller, the mechanism associated with an undeployed position and a plurality of deployed positions, wherein a substantially flat portion of the mechanism is i) extendable during transition from the undeployed position to a deployed position and ii) retractable during transition from a deployed position to the undeployed position.