Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTaiki Iida
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Abstract
A vehicle includes: a front camera configured to capture an image in front of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle; a front visibility recognition unit configured to recognize a degree of deterioration of front visibility through the windshield based on captured image of the front camera; a foreign object removing unit configured to remove a surface abnormality of a rear window that deteriorates rear visibility through the rear window of the vehicle; and a rear visibility control unit configured to operate the foreign object removing unit to remove the surface abnormality of the rear window based on the degree of deterioration of the front visibility.
Claims3
A vehicle comprising:
- a front camera configured to capture an image in front of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle;
- a front visibility recognition unit configured to recognize a degree of deterioration of front visibility through the windshield based on captured image of the front camera;
- a foreign object removing unit configured to remove a surface abnormality of a rear window that deteriorates rear visibility through the rear window of the vehicle;
- a vehicle speed acquisition unit configured to acquire a vehicle speed of the vehicle;
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- a rear visibility control unit configured to operate the foreign object removing unit to remove the surface abnormality of the rear window based on the degree of deterioration of the front visibility, wherein:
- the surface abnormality is fogging or freezing on a surface of the rear window,
- the foreign object removing unit is a defogger configured to heat the rear window,
- the rear visibility control unit operates the defogger with a heat generation amount calculated based on the degree of deterioration of the front visibility, and
- the rear visibility control unit operates the defogger at a second heat generation amount that decreases as the vehicle speed increases compared to a first heat generation amount calculated based on the degree of deterioration of the front visibility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.