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Abstract

Responding to an error from a camera on a vehicle includes identifying the error as being associated with an obstructed visual image received by the camera. If the error is associated with the obstructed visual image: at least one vehicle accessory is either activated or continued to be activated for removing an obstruction on a window of the vehicle; after the activation or the continued activation of the at least one vehicle accessory, a determination is made whether the error persists for a predetermined error time period or a predetermined duration; if the error persists for the predetermined error time period, up to a predetermined number of times i) the activation or continued activation is repeated and ii) the determination is repeated. If the error persists after the predetermined number of times or the duration, the at least one vehicle accessory is deactivated and an operator of the vehicle is alerted that the error persists.

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