A window glass heating device for a vehicle is provided with a window heater configured to heat a whole area of a window glass, a window heater control unit configured to control the window heater, a camera heater that is an electric heater which heats a camera-imaging window area which is a part of the window glass included in an imaging area of a camera that images a vehicle exterior from a vehicle interior via the window glass, and a camera heater control unit configured to control supply of power to the camera heater. The camera heater control unit is configured to acquire window heater operation information, acquire a temperature of the camera heater, and control supply of power to the camera heater such that the temperature of the camera heater is within a predetermined temperature range based on the window heater operation information.

A wiper apparatus 4 is configured to wipe a rear windshield of a vehicle body rear portion. Above the vehicle body rear portion, the wiper apparatus is arranged on a rear side and a lower side of an ornamental member arranged to form a space to flow air between the ornamental member and an upper surface portion of the vehicle body rear portion. The wiper apparatus is provided with a flow straightening portion standing on the wiper apparatus and including a surface portion that inclines to a vehicle body rear side from a base portion toward a top portion.

A vehicle washing device, including: a wiping section configured to wipe a predetermined range on a windshield of a vehicle, the predetermined range including an imaging range of an imaging section configured to image an exterior of the vehicle through the windshield from inside a vehicle cabin; and a spraying section provided outside the vehicle cabin and configured to spray a washer liquid onto the windshield, the spraying section having a spray direction of the washer liquid configured such that a spray region of the washer liquid interposed between a pair of tangents, each extending from the spraying section and tangential to a landing region at which the sprayed washer liquid lands on the windshield, has an overlap with the imaging range of no greater than a predetermined proportion of the imaging range, or such that the spray region is separated from a predetermined region of the imaging range.

A device for converting a rotational motion into a reciprocating angular motion and a wiper system including the same include a fixed body fixed to a certain object; a rotating body rotatably connected to the fixed body and rotating around a fixed axis; and a torsion spring coupled to the fixed axis and having an end portion and an opposite end portion, the end portion being held by the fixed body and the opposite end portion being held by the rotating body.

A system to clean windshields using pneumatic pressure including a blower assembly and a vent assembly is disclosed herein. The blower assembly comprises a plurality of self-contained blowers including an intake duct and an exhaust duct mounted within a vehicle. The self-contained blowers carry air through air ducts to the vent assembly mounted to the exterior of the vehicle. The air supplied from the plurality of self-contained blowers dry the windshields of water and debris without obscuring the vision of a driver within the vehicle. Additionally, the vent assembly includes a front windshield vent, a rear windshield vent and side window vents mounted onto the exterior of a vehicle. The system creates an invisible air curtain to act as a barrier to prevent any rain, snow, or debris of any type to come in contact with the windshields of a vehicle.

A system to clean windshields using pneumatic pressure including a blower assembly and a vent assembly is disclosed herein. The blower assembly comprises a plurality of self-contained blowers including an intake duct and an exhaust duct mounted within a vehicle. The self-contained blowers carry air through air ducts to the vent assembly mounted to the exterior of the vehicle. The air supplied from the plurality of self-contained blowers dry the windshields of water and debris without obscuring the vision of a driver within the vehicle. Additionally, the vent assembly includes a front windshield vent, a rear windshield vent and side window vents mounted onto the exterior of a vehicle. The system creates an invisible air curtain to act as a barrier to prevent any rain, snow, or debris of any type to come in contact with the windshields of a vehicle.

An electronic inner mirror device comprising a camera installed at a rear portion of a vehicle to acquire an image behind the vehicle, an electronic inner mirror that has two operation modes of an electronic mirror mode in which it displays the image and an optical mirror mode in which it reflects an area behind the vehicle, and a raindrop removing device that removes raindrops existing on a rear side of the vehicle with respect to the camera, and further comprises an electronic control unit that notifies an occupant or occupants that raindrops can be removed by the raindrop removing device when the operation modes are switched from the electronic mirror mode to the optical mirror mode in a situation where it is estimated that raindrops exist at a position other than the rear portion of the vehicle.

A window glass heating device for a vehicle is provided with: a window heater; a window heater control unit that controls operation of the window heater based on an operation on an operation switch; a camera heater; and a camera heater control unit that controls supply of power to the camera heater to defog the camera-imaging window area. The camera heater control unit is configured to acquire window heater operation information which is operation information on operation of the window heater and to limit supply of power to the camera heater when it is estimated that the camera heater is potentially overheated by heat applied from the window heater to the camera heater based on the window heater operation information.

An abnormality in an imaging apparatus configured to generate an image or in an optical member located on an optical path for capturing the image can be accurately determined, irrespective of the environment. An image processing apparatus includes a first receiver configured to receive a first image, a second receiver configured to receive a second image having an imaging range that includes at least a portion of an imaging range of the first image, and a controller configured to determine an abnormality in the first image or the second image based on a common portion in the imaging ranges of the first image and the second image.

A heating plate 10 includes: a pair of glass plates 11, 12; a conductive pattern 40, 70 disposed between the pair of glass plates 11, 12 and defining a plurality of opening areas 43, 73; and a joint layer 13, 14 disposed between the conductive pattern 40, 70 and at least one of the pair of glass plates 11, 12; wherein the conductive pattern 40, 70 includes a plurality of connection elements 44, 74 that extend between two branch points 42, 72 to define the opening areas 43, 73; and a total value of lengths of straight line segments connecting the two branch points 42, 72 is less than 20% of a total value of the plurality of connection elements 44, 74.