Casing (20) for a windscreen wiper drive rod, in particular of a motor vehicle, said casing being configured to cover et least a portion of said drive rod and comprising means for fixing to said drive rod and/or to at least one element (42) linked to said drive rod, characterised in that it further comprises support and guiding means (70) which are configured to cooperate with at least one electric cable (63) and/or at least one fluid line (64) of said windscreen wiper.

According to an embodiment, provided is an image processing system that includes: a light source that emits light; an imaging unit including an imaging element that captures light emitted and reflected from a foreign matter attached to the other surface of the transparent member and that captures light transmitted through the transparent member from the other surface side; and an image analyzing unit that analyzes captured image data. The captured image data is formed of a first image area frame used for detecting a foreign matter, and is formed of a second image area frame that corresponds to an effective imaging area excluding a predetermined area. Different rules are applied to read pixel data of between the first image area frame and the second image area frame.

An engagement device of a wiper and a vehicle body may include a motor for driving the wiper; a motor bracket fixed to the motor; a cowl bracket fixed to the vehicle body corresponding to the motor bracket, and a mounting portion forming a fixing structure between the motor bracket and the cowl bracket, wherein the mounting portion comprises a protrusion protruded from the motor bracket or the cowl bracket, and a socket, the protrusion being inserted into and fixed to.

A device and to a method for detecting rain, which includes a camera and a light source. The camera is arranged behind a windowpane, in particular inside a vehicle, behind a windscreen, and focused on a far range located in front of the windowpane. The light source for producing at least one light beam which is directed to the windowpane directs the at least one light beam to the windowpane in such a manner that at least one beam which is reflected by the outer side of the windowpane is incident on the camera. The structure of the image of the at least one beam reflected by the outer side of the windowpane is analyzed, in particular as part of an image processing step. The type of rain or precipitation on the outer side of the windowpane is classified based on the analysis of the structure of this image.

The present invention relates to a total reflection type rain sensor using a mirror, which is attached to a glass of a vehicle to detect raindrops falling onto the glass of the vehicle and outputs a signal capable of controlling speed and cycle of a wiper of the vehicle according to the amount and falling frequency of raindrops detected.

A switching device includes an operation lever capable of being turned in a first direction and in a second direction with respect to a neutral position, a first switch to detect a condition when the operation lever is moved to a first operation position, a second switch to detect a condition when the operation lever is moved to a second operation position symmetric to the first operation position, and a control unit to control a multistage function in a stepwise manner to switch operating states in a stepwise manner such that the condition of control of the multistage function is switched up in a stepwise manner based on a condition detected by the first switch and such that the condition of control of the multistage function is switched down in a stepwise manner based on a condition detected by the second switch.

A switching device includes an operation lever capable of being turned in a first direction and in a second direction with respect to a neutral position, a first switch to detect a condition when the operation lever is moved to a first operation position, a second switch to detect a condition when the operation lever is moved to a second operation position symmetric to the first operation position, and a control unit to control a multistage function in a stepwise manner to switch operating states in a stepwise manner such that the condition of control of the multistage function is switched up in a stepwise manner based on a condition detected by the first switch and such that the condition of control of the multistage function is switched down in a stepwise manner based on a condition detected by the second switch.

In a lens plate (18) for an optical sensor device in a vehicle, in particular for a rain sensor, with a transmitter-side lens structure (28) and a receiver-side lens structure (32), the transmitter-side lens structure (26) partially is provided with anti-transmission features which In individual regions of the lens plate (18) partially or completely prevent the passage of the light emitted by a light transmitter (14).

An apparatus of detecting a position of a rotating member includes a cam plate connected to the rotating member. The cam plate includes a plurality of segments that are spaced apart from each other. The plurality of segments are disposed in an annular shape. A fixed ring is disposed between the cam plate and the worm wheel. A first contact point is in contact with an interior portion of any one of the segments and maintaining a fixed state. A second contact point is formed at an external circumferential portion of any one of the segments and is in contact with the fixed ring.

An apparatus of detecting a position of a rotating member includes a cam plate connected to the rotating member. The cam plate includes a plurality of segments that are spaced apart from each other. The plurality of segments are disposed in an annular shape. A fixed ring is disposed between the cam plate and the worm wheel. A first contact point is in contact with an interior portion of any one of the segments and maintaining a fixed state. A second contact point is formed at an external circumferential portion of any one of the segments and is in contact with the fixed ring.