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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/84 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/026 (2013.01); B60J 1/002 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H05B 1/0236 (2013.01); H05B 3/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system mounted on a vehicle is proposed. The imaging system includes: an imager configured to capture an image of the outside of a vehicle through a glass of the vehicle; a heater configured to heat at least an imaging region of a windshield included in an imaging range of the imager; an image processer configured to detect a fogging level of an image captured by the imager; and a controller configured to adjust the output of the heater based on a detected fogging level and allow the heater to heat the imaging region of the windshield.