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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-rika-denki-seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
In an imaging device, a heater heats cover glass from an outer circumferential side thereof. Here, a first heating area and a second heating area are provided respectively on a lower side and an upper side of the heater, and a heating density of the first heating area is greater than a heating density of the second heating area. Consequently, when defrosting the cover glass, it is possible to inhibit water droplets from remaining in a central portion of the cover glass and in an upper-side portion thereof above this central portion, and to inhibit water droplets from being present in the central portion of the cover glass.