US 12,275,378 B2
Defogging system
Taketo Kochi, Tokyo (JP); and Masaki Nakajima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/681,017.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-059236 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314935 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60S 1/02 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60J 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/84 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/026 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00778 (2013.01); B60H 1/00792 (2013.01); B60J 1/002 (2013.01); H05B 1/0236 (2013.01); H05B 3/84 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A defogging system installed in a vehicle including an imaging device configured to capture an outside space of the vehicle from an inside space thereof through a window, the defogging system comprising:
a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed;
a first heater arranged outside a field of view of the imaging device and configured to heat the window;
a second heater arranged inside the field of view of the imaging device, arranged to be in contact with the window, and configured to heat the window; and
a controller configured to control the first heater and the second heater,
wherein the controller is configured to
determine whether the vehicle is stopped based on a detection result of the vehicle speed sensor,
activate the first heater and the second heater in a case where a first condition is satisfied, the first condition including a condition that the vehicle is stopped, and
activate only the first heater in a case where a second condition is satisfied, the second condition including a condition that the vehicle is traveling.