The present invention provides a reliable cleaning device for which a satisfactory cleaning results can be expected and also provides an imaging unit equipped with the cleaning device. The cleaning device for an imaging unit (100) includes a housing (1) that holds an imaging section (5), a protection cover (2) disposed in the visual field of the imaging section (5), a vibrator section (12) that vibrates the protection cover (2), and a cleaning nozzle (3) that discharge a cleaning liquid so as to cause the cleaning liquid to reach a surface of side of the protection cover (2) that is opposite to the side thereof near the imaging section (5). The vibrator section (12) vibrates the protection cover (2) so as to generate a portion of surface of the protection cover (2) that exhibits an amount of displacement larger than that of a portion of surface of the protection cover (2) that the discharged cleaning liquid has reached.


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    Title :

    CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT EQUIPPED WITH CLEANING DEVICE


    Additional title:

    REINIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND MIT REINIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG AUSGESTATTETE BILDERFASSUNGSEINHEIT
    DISPOSITIF DE NETTOYAGE ET UNITÉ DE CAPTURE D'IMAGES MUNIE D'UN DISPOSITIF DE NETTOYAGE



    Publication date :

    2025-04-30


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60S SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Warten, Reinigen, Instandsetzen, Unterstützen, Anheben oder Rangieren von Fahrzeugen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS / G03B APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM , Geräte oder Anordnungen zum Aufnehmen, Projizieren oder Betrachten von Fotografien / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen



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