A cleaning device for an imaging unit includes a housing that holds an imaging section, a protection cover provided in the visual field of the imaging section, a vibrator section that vibrates the protection cover, and a cleaning nozzle that discharges a cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid discharged by the discharge section reaches a surface of side of the protection cover that is opposite to the side thereof adjacent to or in a vicinity of the imaging section. According to the vibrator section vibrating the protection cover, a portion of surface of the protection cover exhibits an amount of displacement larger than that of a portion of surface of the protection cover that the discharged cleaning liquid has reached.

The washing arrangement comprises at least one first wiper driving actuator and at least one second wiper driving actuator to move at least one wiper, and at least one nozzle for injecting washing fluid towards the target device, wherein the wiper driving actuators are linked to each other such that, in use, the wiper is driven by the first wiper driving actuator along a first line to contact the surface of the target device to be washed, and by the second wiper driving actuator along a second line to wipe at least one portion of the surface of the target device.

The washing arrangement comprises at least one first wiper driving actuator and at least one second wiper driving actuator to move at least one wiper, and at least one nozzle for injecting washing fluid towards the target device, wherein the wiper driving actuators are linked to each other such that, in use, the wiper is driven by the first wiper driving actuator along a first line to contact the surface of the target device to be washed, and by the second wiper driving actuator along a second line to wipe at least one portion of the surface of the target device.

A vehicle body rear structure in which a protruding structure is disposed further rearward of a camera device, so that water droplets dropping on the surface of the vehicle body roll and pass through the protruding structure and thus are prevented from adhering to the camera device. The vehicle body rear structure includes: a camera device disposed at the rear of a vehicle; an exterior member having a mounting surface on which the camera device is mounted and a tilted surface tilted from the mounting surface toward a rear upper part of the vehicle; and a protruding strip portion disposed at a position further rearward of the vehicle than the camera device and further forward of the vehicle than the tilted surface.

A vehicle body rear structure in which a protruding structure is disposed further rearward of a camera device, so that water droplets dropping on the surface of the vehicle body roll and pass through the protruding structure and thus are prevented from adhering to the camera device. The vehicle body rear structure includes: a camera device disposed at the rear of a vehicle; an exterior member having a mounting surface on which the camera device is mounted and a tilted surface tilted from the mounting surface toward a rear upper part of the vehicle; and a protruding strip portion disposed at a position further rearward of the vehicle than the camera device and further forward of the vehicle than the tilted surface.

Image recording device provided with a fixed part for at least partial inclusion in and/or on the body of a motor vehicle, and a movable part which comprises at least one optical element, the optical element comprising at least one optical sensor and/or a lens unit, and an adjustment device provided with a power source, for adjusting the movable part between a first position and a second position, wherein during use in the first position the movable part is wholly or partly included in the body, and in the second position the movable part extends at an angle with respect to the body, such that at least the optical element carried by the movable part extends at least partly outside the body, wherein the movable part pivots from the second position about a, preferably substantially vertical, axis to the first position and vice versa.

Image recording device provided with a fixed part for at least partial inclusion in and/or on the body of a motor vehicle, and a movable part which comprises at least one optical element, the optical element comprising at least one optical sensor and/or a lens unit, and an adjustment device provided with a power source, for adjusting the movable part between a first position and a second position, wherein during use in the first position the movable part is wholly or partly included in the body, and in the second position the movable part extends at an angle with respect to the body, such that at least the optical element carried by the movable part extends at least partly outside the body, wherein the movable part pivots from the second position about a, preferably substantially vertical, axis to the first position and vice versa.

A system may be configured to detect an obstruction on sensor at least partially obstructing or distorting a portion of the field of view of the sensor. The system may also be configured to mitigate the effects of the obstruction or at least partially remove the obstruction from the sensor. The system may be configured to receive one or more signals from a sensor configured to generate signals indicative of an environment, which may include one or more objects, in which the sensor is present. The system may be configured to determine, for example, classify, based at least in part on the one or more signals, an obstruction or distortion on a surface of the sensor, and initiate a response, based at least in part on the determination, to mitigate effects of the obstruction and/or at least partially remove the obstruction.

A vehicle front structure which includes a bracket and a washer. The bracket is disposed between a part of a back surface of a license plate and a front grille. The bracket fastens the license plate to the front grille. The washer moves forward on the back side of the license plate in an area without the bracket in order to clean a sensing surface of a sensor which monitors the front of the vehicle. The bracket includes one or more of supporting portions which protrude on the washer side and support the license plate from the back side of the license plate.

A vehicle front structure which includes a bracket and a washer. The bracket is disposed between a part of a back surface of a license plate and a front grille. The bracket fastens the license plate to the front grille. The washer moves forward on the back side of the license plate in an area without the bracket in order to clean a sensing surface of a sensor which monitors the front of the vehicle. The bracket includes one or more of supporting portions which protrude on the washer side and support the license plate from the back side of the license plate.