Mitigation of lens condensation using heat
AssigneeLineage Logistics, LLC
InventorChristopher Frank Eckman
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Abstract
Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for heating a lens to mitigate fogging. The methods can include identifying a temperature of the lens, identifying an ambient temperature of an environment of the lens, determining whether the lens is susceptible to fogging based at least on the temperature of the lens and the ambient temperature of the environment of the lens, and in response to determining that the lens is susceptible to fogging, causing a heating element to apply heat to the lens to mitigate fogging of the lens.
Claims20
A method for heating a lens to mitigate fogging, the method comprising:
- identifying a temperature of the lens, wherein the lens comprises a transparent material that is mounted to a heater plate, wherein the heater plate abuts a heating element and is configured to thermally conduct heat from the heating element to the lens, wherein the temperature of the lens is identified by a temperature sensor that is mounted to the heater plate on an opposing side from the heating element;
- identifying an ambient temperature of an environment of the lens;
- determining whether the lens is susceptible to fogging based at least on the temperature of the lens and the ambient temperature of the environment of the lens;
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- in response to determining that the lens is susceptible to fogging, applying heat to the lens to mitigate fogging of the lens by activating the heating element and thermally conducting heat from the heating element to the lens via the heater plate.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of operations comprising:
- identifying a temperature of the lens, wherein the lens comprises a transparent material that is mounted to a heater plate, wherein the heater plate abuts a heating element and is configured to thermally conduct heat from the heating element to the lens, wherein the temperature of the lens is identified by a temperature sensor that is mounted to the heater plate on an opposing side from the heating element;
- identifying an ambient temperature of an environment of the lens;
- determining whether the lens is susceptible to fogging based at least on the temperature of the lens and the ambient temperature of the environment of the lens;
- and
- in response to determining that the lens is susceptible to fogging, causing a heating element to apply heat to the lens to mitigate fogging of the lens by activating the heating element and thermally conducting heat from the heating element to the lens via the heater plate.
A system for heating a lens to mitigate fogging, the system comprising:
- a heater plate;
- the lens comprising a transparent material that is mounted to the heater plate;
- a heating element that abuts the heater plate, wherein the heater plate is configured to thermally conduct heat from the heating element to the lens;
- a temperature sensor that is mounted to the heater plate on an opposing side from the heating element;
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- a controller configured to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a temperature of the lens by the temperature sensor;
- identifying an ambient temperature of an environment of the lens;
- determining whether the lens is susceptible to fogging based at least on the temperature of the lens and the ambient temperature of the environment of the lens;
- and
- in response to determining that the lens is susceptible to fogging, causing a heating element to apply heat to the lens to mitigate fogging of the lens by activating the heating element and thermally conducting heat from the heating element to the lens via the heater plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.