Method for pre-conditioning a temperature-controllable sensor cover, computing device for a vehicle, computer-readable storage medium, temperature-controllable sensor cover system, and vehicle

1 . A method for pre-conditioning a temperature-controllable sensor cover of an environmental sensor of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a route region which describes a region of a future environment of the vehicle along a predetermined route;

receiving environmental data which comprise data relevant to a deposition of precipitation on the sensor cover within the route region; and

outputting a heating signal for pre-conditioning the temperature-controllable sensor cover, wherein the heating signal is output depending on the environmental data,

wherein additional plausibility data is received from at least one sensor of the vehicle, wherein the plausibility data describes characteristic parameters for precipitation in a current environment of the vehicle, and the heating signal is output depending on the plausibility data, and

wherein the plausibility data comprises image data from a camera of the vehicle, and the image data describes at least one sky region and/or an ambient brightness.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

a deposition of precipitation measure is additionally determined based on the environmental data, which describes a probability of a deposition of precipitation on the temperature-controllable sensor cover within the route region, and

the heating signal is output depending on the deposition of precipitation measure.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the plausibility data comprises data from a light sensor of the vehicle, and

the data of the light sensor describes an ambient brightness.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the plausibility data comprises temperature data from a temperature sensor of the vehicle, and

the temperature data describe an external temperature of a current environment of the vehicle.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the environmental data comprises weather data describing a current weather within the route region.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the environmental data comprises weather forecast data describing a predicted weather within the route region.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the environmental data comprises fleet data describing a heating strategy of at least one additional vehicle and/or a vehicle fleet within the route region.

8 . A device for a vehicle, comprising:

a computing device operatively configured to:

determine a route region which describes a region of a future environment of the vehicle along a predetermined route;

receive environmental data which comprise data relevant to a deposition of precipitation on a sensor cover within the route region; and

output a heating signal for pre-conditioning a temperature-controllable sensor cover, wherein the heating signal is output depending on the environmental data,

wherein additional plausibility data is received from at least one sensor of the vehicle, wherein the plausibility data describes characteristic parameters for precipitation in a current environment of the vehicle, and the heating signal is output depending on the plausibility data, and

wherein the plausibility data comprises image data from a camera of the vehicle, and the image data describes at least one sky region and/or an ambient brightness.

9 . A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program code which, during execution of the program code by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

determine a route region which describes a region of a future environment of the vehicle along a predetermined route;

receive environmental data which comprise data relevant to a deposition of precipitation on a sensor cover within the route region; and

output a heating signal for pre-conditioning a temperature-controllable sensor cover, wherein the heating signal is output depending on the environmental data,

wherein additional plausibility data is received from at least one sensor of the vehicle, wherein the plausibility data describes characteristic parameters for precipitation in a current environment of the vehicle, and the heating signal is output depending on the plausibility data, and

wherein the plausibility data comprises image data from a camera of the vehicle, and the image data describes at least one sky region and/or an ambient brightness.

10 . A temperature-controllable sensor cover system for an environmental sensor of a vehicle, comprising:

the device according to claim 8 ;

the sensor cover for the environmental sensor; and

a heating element for pre-conditioning the temperature-controllable sensor cover based on the output heating signal.

11 . A vehicle comprising the temperature-controllable sensor cover system according to claim 10 .