A movable body has a monitoring device that monitors a surrounding environment of the movable body through a window member. The movable body includes a heating device that heats a portion of the window member within a monitoring area of the monitoring device, an air conditioning device, and a control device. The monitoring device includes a detector that detects the surrounding environment, and a base member that faces an inner wall of the window member and is disposed such that a detection surface of the detector is located within a space between the base member and the window member. The space is in communication with the inside of the movable body, and the control device sets the driving force of the air conditioning device to be greater when a decrease in heating performance of the heating device is detected.

A method for indirectly deriving a systematic dependence for a system behavior of a cleaning system of a motor vehicle. The method relates to a system behavior of a cleaning process of a surface of the motor vehicle, for cleaning of at least one surface of the motor vehicle. The method relates to a resource efficient cleaning and/or a resource-saving cleaning. Moreover, the method relates to a cleaning method, a use of a systematic dependence, a cleaning system and a motor vehicle.

A rear glass according to the present invention is a rear glass that is attachable to a resin lift-up back door in a rear of a vehicle, the rear glass including a glass plate, a defogger that is arranged in the vicinity of a center of the glass plate in an up-down direction, and an AM antenna that is arranged upward of the defogger on the glass plate, in which the AM antenna includes a power supply part and an antenna element that extends from the power supply part.

A heating device for a lens barrel of an automotive camera assembly includes a heating element adapted to apply heat along the circumference of the lens barrel, and a tension socket and/or a tension ring adapted to press a ring-shaped part of the heating element against the lens barrel circumference. A camera system, an external rear view device, and a motor vehicle, each with at least one such heating device are also described.

A heating device for a lens barrel of an automotive camera assembly includes a heating element adapted to apply heat along the circumference of the lens barrel, and a tension socket and/or a tension ring adapted to press a ring-shaped part of the heating element against the lens barrel circumference. A camera system, an external rear view device, and a motor vehicle, each with at least one such heating device are also described.

Method of detecting and overcoming degradation of image quality during a weather event and activation of windshield wipers. The method takes a high-contrast region of interest (ROI) of an image captured by a camera of a vehicle vision system, applies a Laplacian Operator that focuses on the pixel level in the ROI, and calculates a variance of the Laplacian. Images having an ROI below a predetermined variance threshold are classified or flagged as a low-quality image. Once a low-quality image is flagged, the camera settings can be readjusted in a feedback loop to compensate for the loss in quality of the captured image. This method may be stored as a software routine and implemented by a vision control module of the vision system.

An air-conditioning unit includes an air-conditioning case including an opening through which air flows, a cooler disposed in the air-conditioning case to cool air flowing to the opening, a heater disposed in the air-conditioning case to heat air flowing to the opening, and an adjusting member disposed to cover the opening and adjusting airflow passing through the opening. The adjusting member is produced separately from the air-conditioning case and includes a first region and a second region. The second region includes a high resistance member giving higher resistance to the airflow than the first region. The first region includes a low resistance member giving lower resistance to the airflow than the second region. The low resistance member is a partition dividing the first region into plural air passing parts through which air flows. The high resistance member is a plate member including a part to interfere the airflow.

A thermal insulation structure for a vehicle window device is provided with a heater is disposed on a vehicle interior side, a heat-receiving component that is provided between the window and the heater, and that, by receiving heat from the heater, imparts radiant heat to the window, and a thermal insulation layer that is provided at a surface of the heater on an opposite side from the heat-receiving component, wherein the thermal insulation layer is formed by mutually superimposing a plurality of thermal insulation materials, and of the plurality of thermal insulation materials, a thermal insulation material on a closest side to the heater has greater heat resistance than a thermal insulation material on a furthest side from the heater, and the thermal insulation material on the furthest side from the heater has a lower thermal conductivity than the thermal insulation material on the closest side to the heater.

A defrosting control system includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates a frost formation rate, indicating a frost formation amount of a windowpane on which frost is formed at an estimated departure time of a vehicle, based on frost formation information and the estimated departure time. The processing circuitry calculates an operation period of a defroster needed to remove frost from the windowpane based on the frost formation rate. The processing circuitry determines that an activation time of the defroster is a time earlier than the estimated departure time by the operation period. The processing circuitry transmits an operation request signal for starting operation of the defroster at the activation time.

A window assembly includes a first pane of glass and a first terminal connector in mechanical communication with the first pane of glass. The first terminal connector has a first base portion which includes a first surface. The first surface is separated from the first pane of glass by solder. The first surface includes a center portion. The center portion includes a curved portion which is nearer the major surface of the first pane of glass than a remaining portion of the center portion. The solder separating the curved portion from the major surface of the first pane of glass is of a thickness which is less than a thickness of the solder separating the remaining portion of the center portion.