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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/60 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/54 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0005 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01);
Abstract
A camera unit is configured to capture an image of an outside area of a vehicle. A translucent cover covers the camera unit. A first air cleaner is configured to jet gas toward an area on the translucent cover located within an angle of view of the camera unit. The first cleaner is located above the area in an up-down direction of the vehicle.