US 11,702,008 B2
Vehicle outer mirror device, vehicle outer mirror system, and method for controlling vehicle outer mirror device
Yasuo Nagashima, Kanagawa (JP); Takahiro Tsuzuki, Kanagawa (JP); and Katsushi Oseki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to MISATO INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Fujioka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/56,615
Filed by MISATO INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Fujioka (JP)
PCT Filed May 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/020359
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/225671, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-097963 (JP), filed on May 22, 2018; application No. 2018-097964 (JP), filed on May 22, 2018; and application No. 2018-097965 (JP), filed on May 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0206319 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/0602 (2013.01) [B60R 2300/30 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8046 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle outer mirror device comprising:
a housing attached to a door of a vehicle and including an edge portion, the edge portion having an annular shape and forming an opening facing rear of the vehicle;
a mirror main body disposed in the opening of the housing and having a light reflection region reflecting light entering from outside of the housing and a light transmission region capable of transmitting the light entering from the outside of the housing to inside of the housing;
an imaging unit fixed inside the housing and imaging the rear of the vehicle through the light transmission region;
a nozzle provided on the housing and ejecting fluid toward the mirror main body to perform a cleaning operation, the nozzle being provided on an inner surface side of the edge portion of the housing; and
a nozzle controller configured to detect dirt of the light transmission region from a captured image imaged with the imaging unit and cause the nozzle to perform the cleaning operation based on a detection result,
wherein the housing includes a peripheral wall that surrounds the mirror main body, and
wherein the edge portion projects at an angle from the peripheral wall toward the inside of the housing so as to shield the nozzle from the outside of the housing.