Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-cleaning camera lens
- Patent Title (中): 自清镜头
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Application No.: US13955115Application Date: 2013-07-31
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Publication No.: US09083864B2Publication Date: 2015-07-14
- Inventor: Glenn Richard Reed
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank MacKenzie
- Main IPC: G03B17/00
- IPC: G03B17/00 ; H04N5/217

Abstract:
A camera system includes a lens that directs light onto an image sensor, an actuator that vibrates the lens, and a charge generator that charges a surface of the lens. The camera system further includes a controller that can determine a change in transparency of the lens and selectively activate the actuator based at least in part on the change in transparency. A method includes electrically charging a surface of a camera lens, determining a change in transparency of the camera lens, comparing the change in transparency to a predetermined threshold, and selectively activating an actuator to vibrate the camera lens if the change in transparency is above a predetermined threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150036037A1 SELF-CLEANING CAMERA LENS Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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