IMAGING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

• Main Authors: OKAMURA TOSHIHIRO, TATARA NAOKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 27.07.2020
• 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; ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL; BLASTING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEATING; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, ORMANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SYSTEMS THEREOF; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

To reduce the number of components and allow for miniaturization.SOLUTION: An imaging device for a vehicle includes: an outer casing constituted of a housing with an opening and a translucent cover for blocking the opening; a camera module having an imaging element and disposed inside the outer casing; and a nozzle having a discharge hole for discharging fluid. The translucent cover is formed with a transmission window for transmitting photographic light incident upon the camera module. The discharge hole is oriented to the transmission window.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】 部品点数の削減及び小型化を図る。【解決手段】 開口を有するハウジングと開口を閉塞する透光カバーとによって構成された外筐と、撮像素子を有し外筐の内部に配置されたカメラモジュールと、流体を吐出する吐出孔を有するノズルとを備え、透光カバーにはカメラモジュールに入射される撮影光が透過される透過窓が形成され、吐出孔が透過窓を向いている。【選択図】図５