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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-rika-denki-seisakusho, Aichi, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichi Sugisaka, Aichi, JP;

Masakazu Iwatsuki, Aichi, JP;

Tomonori Ichikawa, Aichi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/60 (2006.01); G03B 17/55 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/60 (2013.01); G03B 17/55 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle imaging apparatus includes an imaging device capable of imaging an imaging side thereof; a transparent heater that is provided at least in a range of an angle of view of the imaging device at the imaging side of the imaging device, that generates heat by being energized, and that heats an imaging side of the imaging device; and a resistance member that is provided at an electrical circuit including the heater, and that generates heat by being energized, an electrical resistance value of the resistance member is increased along with increase in temperature of the resistance member due to heat generation such that a current value of current that flows to the heater is decreased.


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