CAMERA DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, AND LENS CLEANING METHOD

WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/017626

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The present invention is provided with: a camera (10) mounted on a vehicle and provided with a lens (11); a lens cleaning device (100) for cleaning the lens in accordance with a predetermined leans cleaning process; an attachment state determination unit (38) for determining the attachment state including the attachment degree of foreign substances attached to the lens (11) on the basis of the pixel values of pixels contained in the acquired captured image; and a control unit (101) for controlling the supply timing of a cleaning solution on the basis of the determined attachment state of the foreign substances. The attachment state determination unit (38) determines that the attachment state of dirt on the lens (11) is a first state when the attachment degree of foreign substances is within a predetermined threshold value that is equal to or greater than a first attachment threshold value and that is less than a second attachment threshold value, and controls the lens cleaning device (100) to delay the supply timing of the cleaning solution when it was determined that the attachment state of dirt on the lens (11) is the first state.

HAYAKAWA YASUHISA
FUKATA OSAMU
TAKEMURA MASAYUKI
KIYOHARA MASAHIRO
MURAMATSU SHOJI
IRIE KOTA

PCT/JP2013/070310

January 30, 2014

July 26, 2013

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NISSAN MOTOR (JP)
CLARION CO LTD (JP)

B60S1/60; B60R1/00; H04N5/225

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See also references of EP 2878498A4

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