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CAMERA DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, AND LENS CLEANING METHOD

  • US 20150177512A1
  • Filed: 07/26/2013
  • Published: 06/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A camera device comprising:

  • an image capturing device installed on a vehicle and comprising a lens for forming an image of the vehicle surroundings;

    a lens cleaning device configured to clean the lens by spraying a cleaning fluid on the lens in accordance with a predetermined lens cleaning step, in which at least a supply time for supplying cleaning fluid to the lens surface is predetermined;

    an adhesion state assessment unit programmed to assess an adhesion state of contamination from a distribution of pixels corresponding to foreign matter adhered to the lens based on a captured image captured by the image capturing device; and

    a lens cleaning controller programmed to extend the time until a time to start supplying the cleaning fluid in the lens cleaning step as the number of pixels corresponding to foreign matter adhered to the lens increases.

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