Camera device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsSuguru Fujisaki, Masakazu Iwatsuki, Kenichi Mizutani
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Abstract
At a camera device for a vehicle, a camera images an obverse side of a glass cover via the glass cover. A water repelling film is formed on an obverse side surface of the glass cover. A transparent conductive film of the glass cover generates heat, and the glass cover is heated. Because the transparent conductive film is electrically conductive, electrical resistance of an obverse side surface of the water repelling film can be lowered by the transparent conductive film, and charging of the obverse side surface of the water repelling film can be suppressed.
Claims9
A camera device comprising:
- a camera mechanism at which a transmitting member that transmits light is provided, and that images an obverse side of the transmitting member via the transmitting member;
- a water repelling film that forms an obverse side surface of the transmitting member;
- a heat generating film that is provided at the transmitting member further toward a reverse side than the water repelling film, that transmits light, that is electrically conductive, and that generates heat, by which the transmitting member is heated, and
- a substrate that is provided at the transmitting member, and at whose obverse side the heat generating film is disposed in direct contact,
- wherein the obverse side faces away from the camera mechanism, such that the heat generating film is sandwiched between the water repelling film and the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.