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Patent No.:

US 12115947 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2022

Cleaning device, imaging unit including cleaning device, and control method

Applicant:

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masaaki Takata, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Yuzo Mizushima, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Takaaki Mori, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Assignee:

MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:

Keating & Bennett, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Levon J Shahinian

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/06 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/52 (2013.01); B06B 1/0644 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01);
Abstract

A cleaning device includes a protection cover in a viewing field of a camera, a piezoelectric material to vibrate the protection cover, a driver to drive the piezoelectric material, a vibrator to detect a signal related to a vibration level of the protection cover vibrated with the piezoelectric material, and a controller to control the driver based on a signal detected by the vibration sensor so that the signal detected by the vibrator matches a predetermined target value of the vibration level of the protection cover.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Takata, Masaaki. (2024). Cleaning device, imaging unit including cleaning device, and control method (U.S. Patent No. 12115947). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12115947

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