Title:
DROPLET REMOVAL DEVICE AND IMAGING UNIT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/131122
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention provides a droplet removal device and an imaging unit, the droplet removal device being able to efficiently remove droplets adhering to a translucent cover. This droplet removal device is provided with a translucent cover, a vibration unit that vibrates the translucent cover, and a control unit that controls the vibration unit. The translucent cover has a droplet removal region for removing droplets adhering to the surface of the translucent cover, and the droplet removal region includes a portion having the largest vibration generated by the vibration unit on the surface of the translucent cover.
Inventors:
KISHI NORITAKA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/028252
Publication Date:
July 01, 2021
Filing Date:
July 21, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO (JP)
International Classes:
G03B15/00; G03B17/02; G03B17/08; G03B17/56; H04N5/225
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2017110563A1 | 2017-06-29 |
Foreign References:
| JP2008148276A | 2008-06-26 | |||
| JP2009147826A | 2009-07-02 | |||
| JP2014027539A | 2014-02-06 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YAMAO, Norihito et al. (JP)
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