Granted Patent B2

US 12,509,027 · App. 18/196,147 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Inventors: Joseph Matthew Nichols (Rocklin, CA); Christopher Clinton Chappell (Lincoln, CA); Mcnamara Marlow Pope, III (Fair Oaks, CA); Rodney Daniel Sparks (Antelope, CA); Joseph Allen Steele, III (Plumas Lake, CA); Josh David Schumacher (Sacramento, CA)

Assignee: Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings, LLC

B60S3/04G07C5/008

Abstract

Claims (59)

1 . An apparatus for car wash customization, the apparatus comprising:

at least a sensor;

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to:

receive user data, the user data containing information related to at least one of a vehicle and a car wash preference, wherein receiving the car wash preference comprises:

generating, using the processor, an image of the vehicle as detected by the at least a sensor;

displaying, using a user interface, the image of the vehicle;

generating, using the processor, a text prompt;

receiving, using the user interface, a response to the text prompt, wherein the response comprises a user-drawn movement pattern that indicates a successive sequence of positions for a cleaning device to occupy successively over a predetermined period of time;

determining, using the processor, the car wash preference as a function of the response to the text prompt;

receive sensor data related to the vehicle;

compare the sensor data with a calibration measurement;

calibrate a location of the at least a sensor as a function of the comparison of the sensor data and the calibration measurement, wherein calibrating the location of the at least a sensor comprises:

assigning at least a spatial coordinate to the location of the at least a sensor; and

determining a location of the vehicle by determining a distance and angle from the location of the at least a sensor to the location of the vehicle;

detect a vehicle contamination of the vehicle as a function of the sensor data related to the vehicle, the vehicle contamination comprising a shape and an extent of the vehicle contamination, wherein the processor compares a determined vehicle color with the sensor data related to the vehicle, wherein the processor selects elements with values differing from the determined vehicle color as the vehicle contamination;

adjust a car wash component based on the user data, the sensor data, and the vehicle contamination; and

alter an operational state of the car wash component based on the user data, the sensor data, and the adjustment to an operational parameter.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the car wash component comprises a first car wash component and a second car wash component; and

the processor is further configured to alter an operational state of the second car wash component based on an operational parameter of the first car wash component.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first car wash component comprises the cleaning device and the second car wash component comprises a light-emitting device.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein:

the cleaning device is at least one of a brush, a sprayer, and a chemical tire applicator; and

the light-emitting device is at least one of a display, a light, an LED, and a projector.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user data comprises membership information for a user.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the membership information comprises a membership tier for the user.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , where the processor is further configured to generate a unique token as a function of the membership tier.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to personalize the user interface based on generating a unique token as a function of at least one car wash service selected by a user.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user data comprises a command altering the operational state of the car wash component.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the command comprises a movement pattern for a cleaning device.

11 . A method for car wash customization via an apparatus for car wash customization comprising at least a sensor, a processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions to perform the method, the method comprising:

receiving, by the processor, user data, the user data containing information related to at least one of a vehicle and a car wash preference, wherein receiving the car wash preference comprises:

generating, using the processor, an image of the vehicle as detected by the at least a sensor;

displaying, using a user interface, the image of the vehicle;

generating, using the processor, a text prompt;

receiving, using the user interface, a response to the text prompt, wherein the response comprises a user-drawn movement pattern that indicates a successive sequence of positions for a cleaning device to occupy successively over a predetermined period of time;

determining, using the processor, the car wash preference as a function of the response to the text prompt;

receiving, by the processor, sensor data related to the vehicle;

compare the sensor data with a calibration measurement;

calibrate a location of the at least a sensor as a function of the comparison of the sensor data and the calibration measurement, wherein calibrating the location of the at least a sensor comprises:

assigning at least a spatial coordinate to the location of the at least a sensor; and

determining a location of the vehicle by determining a distance and angle from the location of the at least a sensor to the location of the vehicle;

detect a vehicle contamination of the vehicle as a function of the sensor data related to the vehicle, the vehicle contamination comprising a shape and an extent of the vehicle contamination, wherein the processor compares a determined vehicle color with the sensor data related to the vehicle, wherein the processor selects elements with values differing from the determined vehicle color as the vehicle contamination;

adjusting, by the processor, a car wash component based on the user data, the sensor data, and the vehicle contamination; and

altering, by the processor, an operational state of the car wash component based on the user data, the sensor data, and the adjustment to an operational parameter.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the car wash component comprises a first car wash component and a second car wash component; and

the method further comprises altering, by the processor, an operational state of the second car wash component based on an operational parameter of the first car wash component.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first car wash component comprises the cleaning device and the second car wash component comprises a light-emitting device.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the cleaning device is at least one of a brush, a sprayer, and a chemical tire applicator; and

the light-emitting device is at least one of a display, a light, an LED, and a projector.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user data comprises membership information for a user.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the membership information comprises a membership tier for the user.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising generating, by the processor, a unique token as a function of the membership tier.

18 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising personalizing, by the processor, the user interface based on generating a unique token as a function of at least one car wash service selected by a user.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user data comprises a relation between a vehicle and a user.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the user data comprises a historical record of the car wash preference.

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