CAMERA DEVICE AND CLEANING DEVICE

• Main Author: DOBASHI HAYATO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.10.2019
• 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; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS

To obtain certainty and durability of water removal with a simple configuration.SOLUTION: A camera device 10 comprises: an imaging unit 12 with a lens part 14 which has been given a water-repellent coating; and a cleaning device 16 for cleaning the lens part 14. The cleaning device 16 includes: a wiper 18 which comes into contact with water droplets W on the water-repellent coating of the lens part 14 without touching the lens part 14 and has a hydrophilic-coated wiper blade 22 with which the droplets W come into contact; and a wiper drive part 20 for moving the wiper 18 along the lens part 14 without touching the lens part 14.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】簡易な構成で水分除去の確実性及び持続性を得る。【解決手段】カメラ装置１０は、レンズ部１４が撥水コートされた撮像部１２と、レンズ部１４をクリーニングするクリーニング装置１６とを備え、クリーニング装置１６は、レンズ部１４に接触せずにレンズ部１４の撥水コート上にできた水滴Ｗに接触可能で、且つ、水滴Ｗが接触するワイパーブレード２２が親水コートされたワイパー１８と、このワイパー１８を、レンズ部１４に非接触でレンズ部１４に沿って移動させるワイパー駆動部２０とを備えている。【選択図】図１