US 12,155,918 B2
Vehicle external region imaging apparatus
Masato Kanamori, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/298,046.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-073467 (JP), filed on Apr. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0353851 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/54 (2023.01); B60S 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/54 (2023.01) [B60S 1/023 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle external region imaging apparatus to be mounted inside a vehicle, the vehicle external region imaging apparatus being configured to perform imaging of a region outside the vehicle through a glass of the vehicle, the vehicle external region imaging apparatus comprising:
a light receiver configured to receive light to be transmitted through the glass; and
a front part provided on a light incident side of the light receiver and configured to block reflected light that is to be reflected by an inner surface of the glass and enters the light receiver, the front part having a first blowing path provided between the front part and the inner surface of the glass and configured to allow a wind to flow therethrough, wherein
the front part comprises, at an inlet of the first blowing path, a curved surface bulging toward the inner surface of the glass and a curved surface bulging toward the first blowing path.