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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2019
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Kuratani, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Katsumi Fujimoto, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Kenji Nishiyama, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Chikahiro Horiguchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Shinichiro Ichiguchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Masaaki Takata, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Yuzo Mizushima, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Yuuki Ishii, Nagaokakyo, JP;
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device includes a casing holding an image capturing device, a protective cover disposed in a visual field of the image capturing device, a vibrator to vibrate the protective cover, a controller to control the vibrator, a monitor to detect an electrical characteristic value associated with a vibration of the vibrator, and a storage to store determination criteria based on which the controller evaluates the electrical characteristic value detected by the monitor. The controller is configured to evaluate the electrical characteristic value based on the plurality of determination criteria stored in the storage and clean a surface of the translucent body by controlling the vibrator according to the determination.