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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
David Patrick Magee, Allen, TX (US);
Stephen John Fedigan, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/02 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/028 (2013.01); B08B 7/0064 (2013.01); B08B 7/04 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
In described examples, a transducer vibrates a lens element in a heating mode and a cleaning mode. Controller circuitry activates the transducer in the heating mode in response to an estimated temperature, and activates the transducer in the cleaning mode after the transducer is activated in the heating mode.