Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Daigo Yamamoto

Yuichi Watano

Osamu Kuboyama

Yoshihiro Katsurada

Kosei Kikuchi

A vehicle sensor device () includes an outer cover (), a sensor unit () that transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through the outer cover () and outputs a signal related to the electromagnetic wave incident on an inner side of the outer cover (), a heater () that is provided in the outer cover () and heats a transmission region (AR) of the outer cover () through which the electromagnetic wave emitted from the sensor unit () passes, and a control unit (CO). The control unit (CO) outputs a detection signal of an object located outside the outer cover () based on the signal from the sensor unit () in at least a part of a period in which the heater () is OFF, and stops outputting of the detection signal in at least a part of a period in which the heater () is ON.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Daigo Yamamoto