An anti-fogging film, an anti-fogging component, an adjustment method therefor and a vehicle-mounted device, the anti-fogging film including: a conversion film layer and an excitation film layer, which is located on the conversion film layer; the conversion film layer carries out reversible conversion between a hydrophilic state and a hydrophobic state according to characteristic parameters of the excitation film layer.

An optical device comprises a printed circuit card comprising an image capture electronic circuit, a metal lens support comprising at least one optical lens, the lens support being mounted on the printed circuit card so as to align, on the optical axis of the device, the image capture electronic circuit and the optical lens; the device further comprises at least one first electrically conductive heating element on and in electrical contact with the printed circuit card, between the lens support and the printed circuit card, and bearing against the lens support, the first heating element being configured to have passed through it an electrical current coming from the printed circuit card.

A cleaning device includes a protection cover, a vibrator, a piezoelectric driver, and a signal processing circuit. When the signal processing circuit determines that foreign matter is adhered to a surface of the protection cover, it controls the piezoelectric driver such that vibration of the protection cover has a vibration acceleration of about 1.5×10.sup.5 m/s.sup.2. When the signal processing circuit determines that the foreign matter is adhered to the surface of the protection cover when control of the driver such that vibration of the protection cover has a prescribed vibration acceleration, the protection cover is warmed with a warmer. After the protection cover is warmed, the signal processing circuit controls the piezoelectric driver such that vibration of the protection cover has a resonant frequency.

A wiper arm device (10a; 10b) having at least one wiper arm adapter (12a; 12b), having at least one fluidic coupling element (18a; 18b) for forming a fluidic connection with at least one wiper blade (62a; 62b), having at least one wiper arm rod (14a; 14b), having at least one fluid line (16a, 16a′; 16b, 16b′) for transporting wiper fluid along the wiper arm rod (14a; 14b) to the fluidic coupling element (18a; 18b), and having an electrical heating line (20a, 20a′; 20b) which is arranged in the fluid line (16a, 16a′; 16b, 16b′) for heating the fluid line (16a, 16a′; 16b, 16b′). The heating line (20a, 20a′; 20b) extends through the at least one fluid line (16a, 16a′; 16b, 16b′) and is deflected at the fluidic coupling element (18a; 18b) to form a return through the fluid line (16a, 16a′; 16b, 16b′).

A defogging device includes a heating wire configured to heat a windshield. The heating wire includes a plurality of parallel arrangement portions generally parallel to each other and provided such that respective intermediate parts, in the longitudinal direction, of the parallel arrangement portions are placed inside a field angle region. The parallel arrangement portions include two adjacent parallel arrangement portions provided such that respective first ends, in the longitudinal direction, of the two adjacent parallel arrangement portions are connected to each other via a connecting portion outside the field angle region, and respective second ends of the two adjacent parallel arrangement portions are separated from each other without being connected to each other. The second ends of the two adjacent parallel arrangement portions are connected to heat-amount supplement portions provided outside the field angle region and projecting toward their respective counterparts out of the two adjacent parallel arrangement portions.

The present disclosure relates to optical systems, vehicles, and methods for providing improved mechanical performance of a camera and corresponding optical elements. An example optical system includes an outer housing and an inner support member. The optical system also includes an optical window coupled to the outer housing and the inner support member. The optical window is configured to be temperature-controllable. The optical system also includes a camera coupled to the inner support member. The camera is optically coupled to the optical window. Additionally, the outer housing, the optical window, and the camera are configured to be impact resistant.

This disclosure details windshield heating systems for induction heating windshield camera viewing zones. An exemplary windshield heating system may include a first inductive heating element imbedded within a thermoplastic layer of the windshield and a second inductive heating element mounted between a glass layer of the windshield and a camera bracket. The first and second inductive heating elements establish a wireless connection for heating the camera viewing zone of the windshield.

In one embodiment, a proximity camera system is disclosed. The proximity camera system may include a proximity camera having a lens and a housing, fascia, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the proximity camera and the fascia. The proximity camera system may additionally include a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and having logic thereon, the logic, when executed by the one or more processors, being configured to perform operations including: (i) receiving an image captured by the proximity camera, (ii) performing object recognition techniques on the image, (iii) determining whether an object was detected within a first predetermined proximity region, and (iv) transmitting one or more instructions configured to cause a graphical display to be displayed by the fascia. In some embodiments, the proximity camera and the fascia may be coupled to a shelving unit.

A radome for on-board radar devices 1 is provided with heater wires 3 wired in parallel so as to be separated from each other in a plane direction of an electromagnetic-wave-transmitting base member. A line pitch d of the heater wires 3 arranged in parallel in an electromagnetic-wave transmission region R of the base member is set to 0.2 to 2.5 times a wavelength of electromagnetic waves of the radar of an on-board radar device. A surface occupancy rate of the heater wires 3 arranged in parallel in the electromagnetic-wave transmission region R of the base member is set to be greater than 10% to 35%. The present invention provides a radome for on-board radar devices with which it is possible to obtain an electromagnetic-wave transmission property required of a radome, and to melt snow satisfactorily with a high heater performance.

An image detection unit for a vehicle. The image detection unit includes an objective including an electrical contact surface, a sensor carrier including a detection sensor situated on the sensor carrier and an electrical contact point. The detection sensor and the contact point are situated at a surface of the sensor carrier that faces the objective. The image detection unit further includes a flexible contacting element for an electrical connection between the contact surface of the objective and the contact point of the sensor carrier.