US-20260125030-A1 - VEHICLE, CLEANING CONTROL METHOD, READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL SYSTEM

Abstract

A cleaning control method for a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a vehicle body, a cleaning system provided on the vehicle body, an air-cooling system provided on the vehicle body, and a camera provided outside the vehicle body. The cleaning control method includes: controlling the camera to capture a first picture; in response to a definition of the first picture being less than a preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera; controlling the camera to capture a second picture after cleaning the camera; in response to a definition of the second picture being greater than or equal to a preset before-drying definition, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera; and in response to the definition of the second picture being less than the preset before-drying definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera again.

Inventors

• Xiaonan Zhao
• Jinbo Zhou
• Yun Mao
• Tao Gou

Assignees

• Zhejiang Zeekr Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
• ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date

20260507

Application Date

20260107

Claims (20)

1. 1 . A cleaning control method for a vehicle comprising a vehicle body, a cleaning system provided on the vehicle body, an air-cooling system provided on the vehicle body, and a camera provided outside the vehicle body, comprising: controlling the camera to capture a first picture; in response to a definition of the first picture being less than a preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera; controlling the camera to capture a second picture after cleaning the camera; in response to a definition of the second picture being greater than or equal to a preset before-drying definition, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera; and in response to the definition of the second picture being less than the preset before-drying definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera again.
2. 2 . The cleaning control method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle comprises a windshield; and the cleaning control method further comprises: in response to the definition of the first picture being less than the preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the windshield; and in response to the definition of the second picture being less than the preset before-drying definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the windshield again.
3. 3 . The cleaning control method of claim 1 , wherein in response to the definition of the first picture being less than the preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera comprises: determining a road reference picture matching the definition of the first picture from a plurality of road reference pictures as a road matching picture; and in response to a definition of the road matching picture being less than the preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera.
4. 4 . The cleaning control method of claim 1 , further comprising, after controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera: controlling the camera to capture a third picture; and in response to a definition of the third picture being less than a standard drying definition, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera again.
5. 5 . The cleaning control method of claim 1 , further comprising, after controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera: obtaining a moisture value of a surface of the camera; and in response to the moisture value of the surface of the camera being greater than a preset standard moisture value, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera again.
6. 6 . The cleaning control method of claim 5 , wherein, in response to the moisture value of the surface of the camera being greater than the preset standard moisture value, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera again comprises: in response to the moisture value of the surface of the camera being greater than the preset standard moisture value, determining a moisture difference between the moisture value and the preset standard moisture value; determining, based on the moisture difference, a drying duration of the air-cooling system; and controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera again for the drying duration.
7. 7 . The cleaning control method of claim 1 , wherein in response to the definition of the second picture being greater than or equal to the preset before-drying definition, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera comprises: obtaining a current moisture value of a surface of the camera; determining a total moisture difference between the current moisture value and a preset standard moisture value; determining, based on the total moisture difference, a drying duration of the air-cooling system; and controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera for the drying duration.
8. 8 . The cleaning control method of claim 1 , further comprising: controlling the camera to capture a road condition picture, wherein the road condition picture comprises an oncoming vehicle picture, a pedestrian picture, and a road parking indication picture; determining, based on the road condition picture, environmental information, wherein the environmental information comprises a number of oncoming vehicles, a number of pedestrians, and a road parking indication sign; in response to the environmental information not meeting a parking condition, controlling the vehicle to automatically drive to a road section meeting the parking condition, wherein the parking condition comprises that: the number of oncoming vehicles is less than a preset number of oncoming vehicles, the number of pedestrians is less than a preset number of pedestrians, and the road parking indication sign is a preset sign allowing parking; and controlling the cleaning system to clean the vehicle after the vehicle automatically drives to the road section, meeting the parking condition.
9. 9 . The cleaning control method of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning system comprises a cleaning switch; and the cleaning control method further comprises: in response to the cleaning switch being pressed for a preset duration, controlling the cleaning system to perform a cleaning operation; and in response to the cleaning switch being pressed again after release, controlling the cleaning system to stop the cleaning operation.
10. 10 . A control system, comprising one or more processors for performing operations comprising: controlling a camera to capture a first picture; in response to a definition of the first picture being less than a preset standard definition, controlling a cleaning system to clean the camera; controlling the camera to capture a second picture after cleaning the camera; in response to a definition of the second picture being greater than or equal to a preset before-drying definition, controlling an air-cooling system to dry the camera; and in response to the definition of the second picture being less than the preset before-drying definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera again.
11. 11 . A vehicle, comprising a windshield, a cleaning system, an air-cooling system, a camera, and a control system, wherein the control system is electrically connected to the cleaning system, the air-cooling system, and the camera, and the control system comprises one or more processors for performing operations comprising: controlling the camera to capture a first picture; in response to a definition of the first picture being less than a preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera; controlling the camera to capture a second picture after cleaning the camera; in response to a definition of the second picture being greater than or equal to a preset before-drying definition, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera; and in response to the definition of the second picture being less than the preset before-drying definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera again.
12. 12 . The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the cleaning system comprises a plurality of cleaning containers, one or more fluid leveling components and a liquid pump, the liquid pump is provided on the plurality of cleaning containers and electrically connected to the control system to pump out cleaning liquid from the plurality of cleaning containers, and the one or more fluid leveling components are provided between the plurality of cleaning containers to connect the plurality of cleaning containers, so as to maintain a pressure balance of the plurality of cleaning containers.
13. 13 . The vehicle of claim 12 , further comprising a vehicle body, a length of each of the plurality of cleaning containers is more than a quarter of a width of the vehicle body, the plurality of cleaning containers comprise a first container and a second container, and the first container and the second container are respectively provided on a left side and a right side of a front part of the vehicle body, wherein the camera comprises a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera, the first camera and the second camera are respectively provided on the left side and the right side of the front part of the vehicle body corresponding to the first container and the second container, and the third camera is provided on a top part of the vehicle body.
14. 14 . The vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the camera further comprises a fourth camera and a fifth camera, and the fourth camera and the fifth camera are provided on a left side and a right side of a rear part of a vehicle body.
15. 15 . The vehicle of claim 12 , further comprising a vehicle body, the cleaning system further comprises a liquid pipe, one end of the liquid pipe is connected to the liquid pump, and another end of the liquid pipe extends to the camera along an inner wall of the vehicle body to spray the cleaning liquid inside the plurality of cleaning containers to the camera, so as to clean the camera.
16. 16 . The vehicle of claim 12 , further comprising a vehicle body and a windshield, the cleaning system further comprises a liquid pipe, one end of the liquid pipe is connected to the liquid pump, and another end of the liquid pipe extends to the windshield along an inner wall of the vehicle body to spray the cleaning liquid inside the plurality of cleaning containers to the windshield, so as to clean the windshield.
17. 17 . The vehicle of claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of cleaning containers comprises a container body and a plurality of silencing components, and the plurality of silencing components are provided in a wavy or honeycomb shape on an inner wall of the container body.
18. 18 . The vehicle of claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of cleaning containers comprises a container body and a filling device, and the filling device is provided on an outer wall of the container body and communicated with an inside of the container body to fill the inside of the container body with the cleaning liquid; and the filling device comprises a flow tube and a filling cover, the flow tube is communicated with the inside of the container body, the filling cover is movably installed at one end of the flow tube far away from the inside of the container body, and the filling cover is capable of being opened relative to the flow tube.
19. 19 . The vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the cleaning system further comprises a liquid level sensor, and the liquid level sensor is provided in each of the plurality of cleaning containers to detect a volume of the cleaning liquid in each of the plurality of cleaning containers.
20. 20 . The vehicle of claim 11 , further comprising a vehicle body and an air-cooling device for air conditioning, and the air-cooling system comprises an air duct, one end of the air duct is connected to the air-cooling device, and another end of the air duct extends along the vehicle body to the camera to blow and dry the camera, wherein the camera comprises a first camera, a second camera, a fourth camera and a fifth camera around the vehicle body, and a third camera on a top part of the vehicle body, the cleaning system comprises a liquid pipe, an extension direction of the air duct is consistent with an extension direction of the liquid pipe around an inner wall of the vehicle body, and the air duct and the liquid pipe are arranged along both sides of the third camera on the top part of the vehicle body.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2023/112703, filed on Aug. 11, 2023, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to the field of vehicle autonomous driving and cleaning technologies, and in particular to a vehicle, a cleaning control method, a readable storage medium, and a control system. BACKGROUND With the steady development of data acquisition technology and sensing technology of autonomous vehicles, the autonomous vehicles have been able to realize unmanned driving in specific scenarios, that is, automatic driving. Vehicles are easily affected by external stains such as dust and insects during automatic driving and manual driving, thus affecting the vision of vehicle driving. At present, the cleaning of vehicles is mostly based on human operation. Drivers find vehicles dirty, trigger cleaning actions, and detect whether they are clean, which has certain subjective inaccuracies. SUMMARY In view of this, one of the objectives of the present disclosure provides a vehicle, a cleaning control method, a readable storage medium, and a control system. In an embodiment, there is provided a cleaning control method for a vehicle including a vehicle body, a cleaning system provided on the vehicle body, an air-cooling system provided on the vehicle body and a camera provided outside the vehicle body, and the cleaning control method includes: controlling the camera to capture a first picture; in response to a definition of the first picture being less than a preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera; controlling the camera to capture a second picture after cleaning the camera; in response to a definition of the second picture being greater than or equal to a preset before-drying definition, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera; and in response to the definition of the second picture being less than the preset before-drying definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera again. In an embodiment, the vehicle includes a windshield, and the cleaning control method further includes: in response to the definition of the first picture being less than the preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the windshield; and in response to the definition of the second picture being less than the preset before-drying definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the windshield again. In an embodiment, in response to the definition of the first picture being less than the preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera includes: determining a road reference picture matching the definition of the first picture from a plurality of road reference pictures as a road matching picture; and in response to a definition of the road matching picture being less than the preset standard definition, controlling the cleaning system to clean the camera. In an embodiment, the cleaning control method further includes, after controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera: controlling the camera to capture a third picture; and in response to a definition of the third picture being less than a standard drying definition, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera again. In an embodiment, the cleaning control method further includes, after controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera: obtaining a moisture value of a surface of the camera; and in response to the moisture value of the surface of the camera being greater than a preset standard moisture value, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera again. In an embodiment, in response to the moisture value of the surface of the camera being greater than a preset standard moisture value, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera again includes: in response to the moisture value of the surface of the camera being greater than the preset standard moisture value, determining a moisture difference between the moisture value and the standard moisture value; determining, based on the moisture difference, drying duration of the air-cooling system; and controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera again for the drying duration. In an embodiment, in response to the definition of the second picture being greater than or equal to the preset before-drying definition, controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera includes: obtaining a current moisture value of a surface of the camera; determining a total moisture difference between the current moisture value and a preset standard moisture value; determining, based on the total moisture difference, drying duration of the air-cooling system; and controlling the air-cooling system to dry the camera for the drying duration. In an embodiment, controlling the cleaning system to clean the vehicle includes: controlling the camera to capture a r