ON-VEHICLE IMAGING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: DOBASHI HAYATO, IRIE KOTA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.08.2015
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve visibility of an image of an imaging apparatus even in such a situation of an environment in which droplets adhered to a lens surface is made to be small in an on-vehicle imaging apparatus.SOLUTION: An imaging apparatus 13 includes: a camera 20, having a lens 23 on a surface of which a lens side hydrophilic layer 23a is applied, provided on a vehicle; and a droplet guide part 21 that guides the droplets adhered to the vehicle to the lens 23. 【課題】車載用撮像装置において、レンズ表面に付着する水滴が小さくなるような周囲の状況であっても、撮像装置の画像の視認性を向上できるようにする。【解決手段】撮像装置１３は、表面にレンズ側親水層２３ａが施されたレンズ２３を有して車両に設けられるカメラ２０と、車両に付着した水滴をレンズ２３に誘導する水滴誘導部２１とを備える。【選択図】図３