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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Kota Irie, Saitama, JP;
Hayato Tsuchihashi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
CLARION CO., LTD., Saitama-Shi, Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/18 (2015.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/07 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2006.01); G03B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 13/07 (2013.01); G02B 1/18 (2015.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/08 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2300/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for improving the visibility of images from an imaging device even in conditions such that waterdrops adhering on a surface of a lens is very small is provided. An imaging deviceincludes a camerahaving a lens, in which a lens side hydrophilic layeris applied on a surface of the lens, and being configured to be provided to a vehicle, and a waterdrop guiding partwhich guides waterdrops that adhere on the vehicle to the lens