A foreign matter removal device that removes foreign matters adhering to a lens (101) included in an in-vehicle camera (100), including a camera bracket (91) that attaches the in-vehicle camera (100) to a rear bumper panel (200b) of a vehicle in a state in which the lens (101) is exposed toward the outside of the rear bumper panel (200b) of the vehicle, a high-pressure air generation unit disposed inside the rear bumper panel (200b) and configured to generate high-pressure air, and a nozzle unit provided with a nozzle (22) that injects the high-pressure air toward the lens (101), wherein a through-hole (92) is formed in the camera bracket (91), and the high-pressure air generated by the high-pressure air generation unit passes from the inside to the outside of the rear bumper panel (200b) through the through-hole (92), and is injected from the nozzle (22) toward the lens (101).

A foreign matter removal device that removes foreign matters adhering to a lens (101) included in an in-vehicle camera (100), including a camera bracket (91) that attaches the in-vehicle camera (100) to a rear bumper panel (200b) of a vehicle in a state in which the lens (101) is exposed toward the outside of the rear bumper panel (200b) of the vehicle, a high-pressure air generation unit disposed inside the rear bumper panel (200b) and configured to generate high-pressure air, and a nozzle unit provided with a nozzle (22) that injects the high-pressure air toward the lens (101), wherein a through-hole (92) is formed in the camera bracket (91), and the high-pressure air generated by the high-pressure air generation unit passes from the inside to the outside of the rear bumper panel (200b) through the through-hole (92), and is injected from the nozzle (22) toward the lens (101).

An optically, aerodynamically and economically optimized and particularly wind-insensitive cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of a sensor apparatus of a vehicle with a fluid cleaning agent. The surface is delimited by an encircling outer edge which is arranged so as to be substantially flush with a surrounding outer surface region, and the cleaning apparatus includes a flow body for guiding a fluid stream flowing from the spray nozzle to the surface and flowing away from the surface, wherein the flow body at least sectionally adjoins the outer edge of the surface, in particular completely surrounds the outer edge, and, at the outer edge, an outer surface of the flow body is oriented so as to be substantially tangential to the adjoining surface.

An optically, aerodynamically and economically optimized and particularly wind-insensitive cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of a sensor apparatus of a vehicle with a fluid cleaning agent. The surface is delimited by an encircling outer edge which is arranged so as to be substantially flush with a surrounding outer surface region, and the cleaning apparatus includes a flow body for guiding a fluid stream flowing from the spray nozzle to the surface and flowing away from the surface, wherein the flow body at least sectionally adjoins the outer edge of the surface, in particular completely surrounds the outer edge, and, at the outer edge, an outer surface of the flow body is oriented so as to be substantially tangential to the adjoining surface.

A vehicle instrument panel structure including: a head-up display device that is provided within an instrument panel positioned at a front section of a vehicle cabin and that displays information by projecting light onto a windshield; a defroster that is provided within the instrument panel so as to be disposed alongside the head-up display device in a vehicle width direction, and that conveys air toward the windshield; a guide section that is provided at an upper face of the instrument panel so as to be disposed between the head-up display device and the defroster, and that has a cross-section profile as sectioned along the vehicle width direction profiled so as to cause airflow from the defroster to cling to a surface of the guide section such that the airflow is blown toward an area of the windshield in which information is displayed by the head-up display device.

A vehicle instrument panel structure including: a head-up display device that is provided within an instrument panel positioned at a front section of a vehicle cabin and that displays information by projecting light onto a windshield; a defroster that is provided within the instrument panel so as to be disposed alongside the head-up display device in a vehicle width direction, and that conveys air toward the windshield; a guide section that is provided at an upper face of the instrument panel so as to be disposed between the head-up display device and the defroster, and that has a cross-section profile as sectioned along the vehicle width direction profiled so as to cause airflow from the defroster to cling to a surface of the guide section such that the airflow is blown toward an area of the windshield in which information is displayed by the head-up display device.

The present disclosure relates to a sensor cleaning device (1) for cleaning an external vehicle sensor device from above, the sensor cleaning device comprising, a liquid inlet (10) for receiving pressurized liquid, a first and a second liquid outlet (11, 12) for emitting pressurized liquid which is received from the liquid inlet (10), a chamber (13) for pressurized liquid fluidly connecting the liquid inlet (10) and the first and second liquid outlets (11, 12), wherein each one of the first and second liquid outlets is having a width and a length, wherein the length extends in a length direction (L1, L2) and the width extends in a width direction (w1, w2), wherein the length direction is perpendicular to the width direction, and wherein the first and second liquid outlets (11, 12) are configured so that pressurized liquid is emitted transversely through a sectional plane defined by the width direction and the length direction, wherein, the length is greater than the width for each first and second liquid outlet so that a first and second line-shaped liquid outlet (11, 12) is formed, and the first and second line-shaped liquid outlets (11, 12) are further configured so that emitted pressurized liquid therefrom during use impinge each other, thereby forming a resulting sheet of liquid (LS).

A motor vehicle includes an imaging device capturing images of a scene surrounding the motor vehicle, and a one-piece bracket attached to a body of the vehicle. The imaging device is attached to the one-piece bracket. The one-piece bracket includes a nozzle configured and positioned to carry a fluid such that the fluid is ejected from the nozzle and washes the imaging device.

A motor vehicle includes an imaging device capturing images of a scene surrounding the motor vehicle, and a one-piece bracket attached to a body of the vehicle. The imaging device is attached to the one-piece bracket. The one-piece bracket includes a nozzle configured and positioned to carry a fluid such that the fluid is ejected from the nozzle and washes the imaging device.

A vehicular vision system includes an image processor and a camera that views through the windshield of the vehicle. The camera captures image data as the vehicle travels along a road, and the image processor processes image data captured by the camera. The vehicular vision system, responsive at least in part to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines when the vehicle is at a construction zone. Responsive to determining that the vehicle is at the construction zone, the vehicular vision system adjusts a vehicular driver assistance system of the vehicle. The vehicular vision system determines that the vehicle exits the construction zone based at least in part on processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera.