Title:
洗浄装置および洗浄装置を備える撮像ユニット
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6677348
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The present invention provides a cleaning device that is able to control the level of cleaning according to the amount and condition of adherents on a translucent body and an image capturing unit including the cleaning device. The cleaning device of the present invention includes a casing (1) holding an image capturing part (5), a protective cover (2) disposed in a visual field of the image capturing part (5), a vibrating part (12) configured to vibrate the protective cover (2), a control unit (20) configured to control the vibrating part (12), a monitor part (30) configured to detect an electrical characteristic value associated with a vibration of the vibrating part (12), and a storage part (40) configured to store determination criteria based on which the control unit (20) evaluates the electrical characteristic value detected by the monitor part (30). The control unit (20) is configured to evaluate the electrical characteristic value based on the plurality of determination criteria stored in the storage part (40) and clean a surface of the translucent body by controlling the vibrating part (12) according to the determination.
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Kuratani
Katsumi Fujimoto
Kenji Nishiyama
Kyoji Horiguchi
Shinichiro Ichiguchi
Katsumi Fujimoto
Kenji Nishiyama
Kyoji Horiguchi
Shinichiro Ichiguchi
Application Number:
JP2019515102A
Publication Date:
April 08, 2020
Filing Date:
February 01, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD.
International Classes:
H04N5/225; B60S1/60; G02B7/02; G03B15/00; G03B17/08; G03B17/56
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fukami patent office