CN217789750U - Automatic abluent camera and vehicle - Google Patents
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The utility model provides an automatic abluent camera and vehicle. The camera comprises a lens assembly, a camera shooting assembly, a water spraying piece, a heating piece and a vibrator. The lens assembly comprises a shell and a lens, wherein the lens is arranged on the shell and is exposed out of the shell. The camera shooting assembly is fixedly connected with the lens assembly, and the optical axis of the lens assembly is coaxial with the optical axis of the camera shooting assembly. The vibrator is fixedly connected with the shell. The water outlet of the water spraying piece faces the lens and is used for spraying water towards the lens, and the vibration of the vibrator can drive the lens to vibrate so as to remove moisture on the outer surface of the lens. The utility model provides a camera is used for the filth on self-cleaning lens surface, can solve the clean inefficiency of the clean mode of current camera, clean not good technical problem of effect.
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Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of vehicles, in particular to a camera and a vehicle capable of being automatically cleaned.
Background
With the development of intellectualization and unmanned of vehicles, the vehicle-mounted camera is more and more important as a visual perception module of the vehicle. The vehicle-mounted camera is mostly installed outside the vehicle, the driving environment of the vehicle is complex, and various scenes such as muddy road conditions, rainy road conditions, dust road conditions, rain and snow road conditions, ice and frost environments and the like are difficult to avoid. Under these scenes, the camera inevitably becomes dirty, causes image display badly to influence customer's use and experience, cause the potential safety hazard. The existing cleaning mode has low efficiency and poor cleaning effect.
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The application provides an automatic abluent camera and vehicle to solve the clean inefficiency of the clean mode of current camera, clean not good technical problem of effect.
In order to solve the above problem, the present application provides an automatic cleaning camera, including: lens subassembly, water spray, heating member and vibrator of making a video recording. The lens assembly comprises a shell and a lens, wherein the lens is installed on the shell and is exposed out of the shell. The camera shooting assembly is fixedly connected with the lens assembly, and the optical axis of the lens assembly is coaxial with the optical axis of the camera shooting assembly. The vibrator is fixedly connected with the shell. The water outlet of the water spraying piece faces the lens and is used for spraying water towards the lens, and the vibrator vibrates to drive the lens to vibrate so as to remove moisture on the outer surface of the lens.
In this embodiment, the camera is used for automatically cleaning the stains on the surface of the lens. In the actual use process, the water spraying piece firstly sprays water towards the lens to remove dirt on the surface of the lens. Then, the vibrator vibrates to generate sound waves to drive the lens to vibrate so as to remove water drops on the surface of the lens. The utility model provides a camera can realize self-cleaning, has promoted the abluent efficiency of camera and the convenience that the user used. Meanwhile, the vibrator can effectively remove water left on the lens after the water spraying piece is washed, water stains or watermarks are prevented from being left on the surface of the lens, and the cleaning effect is effectively improved.
In one possible embodiment, the camera includes a heating element mounted in the housing for heating the lens to atomize water droplets on the lens.
In this embodiment, through setting up the heating member to make the temperature of lens rise when heating member heating, thereby can get rid of drop of water, water stain and fog on the lens fast, make the lens do not have remaining dirty mark, guarantee the clarity of lens, promote the clean efficiency and the clean effect of camera, and satisfy the requirement that the camera obtained clear image, promote driving safety nature. Meanwhile, under the condition that the lens is affected by the external environment and is fogged, the lens is heated by the heating element, and the fog on the lens can be removed.
In one possible embodiment, the lens assembly is provided with a sealing cavity, the vibrator is mounted on the lens assembly and is fixedly connected with the lens assembly, and the vibrator vibrates to compress air in the sealing cavity repeatedly so as to drive the lens to vibrate.
In this embodiment, through setting up sealed chamber, and the vibrator vibration makes the air in the sealed chamber compress repeatedly, in order to drive the lens vibration to can promote the pearl efficiency of removing of vibrator, further promote the clean efficiency and the clean effect of camera.
In a possible embodiment, the lens assembly further includes an elastic member, the elastic member is installed between the housing and the lens and is fixedly connected to the housing and the lens, and the vibrator vibrates to compress the air in the sealing cavity repeatedly so as to drive the elastic member to vibrate, thereby driving the lens to vibrate.
In this embodiment, through set up the elastic component between casing and lens, can increase the vibration range of lens to be favorable to getting rid of the drop of water of lens surface, further promote the self-cleaning efficiency of camera.
In a possible embodiment, the elastic member is a thermoplastic elastomer, or rubber, or plastic.
In a possible embodiment, the lens assembly includes a sealing plate, the housing is enclosed around the sealing plate and is fixedly connected to the sealing plate, the vibrator is mounted on the sealing plate, and at least a portion of the vibrator is located in the sealing cavity.
In this embodiment, through installing the vibrator in sealed intracavity at least partially, can promote the propagation effect of the sound wave that the vibrator produced to be favorable to getting rid of the drop of water of lens surface, promote the self-cleaning efficiency of camera.
In one possible embodiment, the lens assembly includes a first seal that is sealingly coupled to the sealing plate and the housing.
In this embodiment, make casing and closing plate sealing connection through setting up first sealing member, can promote the sealing performance in sealed chamber, and then can promote the propagation effect of the sound wave that the vibrator produced, be favorable to getting rid of the drop of water of lens surface, promote the self-cleaning efficiency of camera.
In one possible embodiment, the vibrator is a piezoelectric buzzer or an ultrasonic vibrator.
In one possible embodiment, the water jet comprises a water pipe and a nozzle, the water pipe is fixedly connected with the nozzle, the nozzle comprises a main body part and a water outlet part, and the water outlet part is rotatably connected with the main body part.
In this embodiment, through rotating the play water part with the main part and being connected, the angle between play water part and the lens surface is adjustable to can make the water spray piece can spray water towards the surface of lens more accurately, further promote the self-cleaning efficiency of camera.
In a possible embodiment, the heating element is a ceramic heating sheet, or an alloy wire electric heating element, or a positive temperature coefficient electric heating element. Adopt ceramic heating piece as the heating member for the heating member has advantages such as mechanical strength is high, chemical stability is good, the intensification is rapid, the heating is even, has promoted the heating efficiency and the durability of heating member.
In a possible implementation manner, the camera further includes a main control board, and the main control board is electrically connected to the camera assembly, the water spraying member and the vibrator. In this embodiment, through setting up the main control board to through main control board automatic control camera working procedure, in order to accomplish the cleaning process, get rid of the filth of lens surface, promoted the washing convenience and the agility of camera, and promoted the cleaning efficiency, user's driving experience feels and drives the security, can also play the effect of using manpower sparingly, thing power simultaneously.
The utility model also provides a vehicle, including above-mentioned self-cleaning's camera.
In conclusion, the utility model discloses a set up water spray spare and vibrator, and the water spray spare can be towards the lens water spray, gets rid of the filth on lens surface, and the vibrator vibration produces the sound wave, can drive the lens vibration to get rid of the drop on lens surface. The utility model provides a camera can realize self-cleaning, has promoted the abluent efficiency of camera and the convenience that the user used. Meanwhile, the vibrator can effectively remove water left on the lens after the water spraying piece is washed, water stains or watermarks are prevented from being left on the surface of the lens, and the cleaning effect is effectively improved. Further, through setting up the heating member to the temperature that makes the lens when heating member heating risees, thereby can get rid of drop of water, water stain and fog on the lens fast, makes the lens do not have remaining dirty mark, guarantees the clarity of lens, promotes the clean efficiency and the clean effect of camera, and satisfies the requirement that the camera obtained clear image, promotes driving safety. Meanwhile, under the condition that the lens is affected by the external environment and fogs, the lens is heated by the heating element to be heated, and the fog on the lens can be removed.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera head for automatic cleaning provided by the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an exploded structure of the self-cleaning camera of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a lens assembly of the self-cleaning camera head of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the lens assembly shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the water spray of the self-cleaning camera of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a portion of the self-cleaning camera head of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the self-cleaning camera shown in FIG. 1;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera head for automatic cleaning according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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The embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera 100 for automatic cleaning according to the present invention, and fig. 2 is a schematic exploded structural diagram of the camera 100 for automatic cleaning shown in fig. 1.
The camera head 100 includes a lens assembly 10, a camera assembly 20, a water jet 30, a heating element 50, and a vibrator 40. The lens assembly 10 includes a housing 11 and a lens 15, wherein the lens 15 is mounted on the housing 11 and exposed out of the housing 11. The camera module 20 is fixedly connected to the lens module 10, and an optical axis of the lens module 10 is coaxial with an optical axis of the camera module 20. The water spraying member 30, the heating member 50 and the vibrator 40 are all mounted on the housing 11, the water spraying member 30 is used for spraying water towards the lens 15, the heating member 50 is used for heating the lens 15, and the vibrator 40 is used for driving the lens 15 to vibrate.
The camera 100 is used for automatically cleaning the surface of the lens 15 from dirt. In actual use, the water spraying member 30 firstly sprays water toward the lens 15 to remove dirt on the surface of the lens 15. Then, the vibrator 40 vibrates to generate sound waves, which drive the lens 15 to vibrate to remove water drops on the surface of the lens 15. Then, the heating member 50 is heated to raise the temperature of the lens 15, and the water film and mist on the surface of the lens 15 are removed, thereby completing the cleaning process.
The utility model provides a camera 100 can realize self-cleaning, has promoted the abluent efficiency of camera 100 and the convenience that the user used. Meanwhile, through the cooperation of the vibrator 40 and the heating element 50, water left on the lens 15 after being washed by the water spraying element 30 can be effectively removed, water stains or watermarks are prevented from being left on the surface of the lens 15, and the cleaning effect is effectively improved.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the lens assembly 10 of the camera 100 shown in fig. 1, and fig. 4 is an exploded structural diagram of the lens assembly 10 shown in fig. 3.
The lens assembly 10 includes a housing 11, a sealing plate 12, an elastic member 13, a lens holder 14, and a lens 15. The sealing plate 12 is mounted on one side of the housing 11 and is fixedly connected to the housing 11. The elastic member 13 is installed at the other side of the housing 11 and is fixedly connected with the housing 11. The lens holder 14 is attached to the elastic member 13, and the lens 15 is attached to the lens holder 14.
The housing 11 includes a body 114, an extension 112, and a projection 115. The body 114 has a hollow cylindrical shape. In this embodiment, the body 114 is a hollow cylinder. In other embodiments, the outer profile of the body 114 may be rectangular or other shapes. The body 114 is provided with an accommodation space 111, and the accommodation space 111 penetrates the body 114 in the axial direction of the body 114, and actually, the accommodation space 111 is a hollow portion of the cylindrical body 114. The protrusion 115 is disposed at one end of the body 114, surrounds the edge of the body 114, and is fixedly connected to the body 114. In this embodiment, the protrusion 115 includes a plurality of sub-protrusions, which are spaced along the edge of the body 114. In other embodiments, the protrusion 115 may be a continuous ring structure. The projection 115 is used to mount the elastic member 13. The extension 112 is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the body 114. The extension body 112 is provided with a first mounting hole 113, and the first mounting hole 113 penetrates the extension body 112 in the axial direction. The first mounting hole 113 is used to mount the sprinkler 30.
In this embodiment, the sealing plate 12 is a circular plate. The shape of the sealing plate 12 matches the shape of the housing 11, the sealing plate 12 can be located in the accommodating space 111, and the outer peripheral surface of the sealing plate 12 is sealed with the cavity wall of the accommodating space 111. In other embodiments, the sealing plate 12 may be rectangular or have other shapes as long as it can match the housing 11. The sealing plate 12 is provided with a first through hole 121 and a second mounting hole 122. The first through hole 121 and the second mounting hole 122 penetrate through the sealing plate 12 and are spaced apart from each other, and the first through hole 121 is located at the center of the sealing plate 12, that is, the axis of the first through hole 121 coincides with the center of the sealing plate 12. The sealing plate 12 is mounted at one end of the housing 11 opposite to the protruding portion 115, and the periphery of the sealing plate 12 is fixedly connected with the cavity wall of the accommodating space 111 of the housing 11, so as to seal one end of the accommodating space 111. The axial direction of the seal plate 12 coincides with the axial direction of the housing 11.
The elastic member 13 is annular and has elasticity, and the shape and size of the elastic member 13 are matched with those of the housing 11. The elastic member 13 is provided with a second through hole 131, and the second through hole 131 penetrates the elastic member 13 in the axial direction. The side of the elastic member 13 is also provided with an annular groove 132 surrounding the second through hole 131. In this embodiment, the annular groove 132 has a plurality of sub-mounting grooves arranged at intervals. The shape of the annular groove 132 matches the structure of the protrusion 115, and each sub-installation groove corresponds one-to-one to each sub-protrusion 115. The elastic member 13 is mounted on an end of the housing 11 opposite to the sealing plate 12, and is disposed opposite to the sealing plate 12, the protrusion 115 is located in the annular groove 132, and a sub-protrusion 115 is mounted in a sub-mounting groove, so that the elastic member 13 is fixedly connected with the housing 11. The axial direction of the elastic member 13 coincides with the axial direction of the housing 11. Specifically, glue or double-sided tape may be further disposed between the elastic member 13 and the housing 11 to further increase the stability of the connection between the elastic member 13 and the housing 11.
In this embodiment, the elastic member 13 is made of a thermoplastic elastomer material, such as a polyurethane thermoplastic elastomer (TPU), an ethylene thermoplastic elastomer (eif), a polyolefin thermoplastic elastomer (TPO), or the like. In other embodiments, the elastic member 13 may be rubber, plastic or other materials.
The lens holder 14 is a ring-shaped plate and includes a hollow portion, and the cross section of the lens holder 14 is a T-shaped structure, and it can be understood that a protrusion 141 is convexly provided around the hollow portion on one surface of the lens holder 14. The lens holder 14 of this embodiment is shaped and sized to match the elastic member 13. The side of the elastic element 13 facing away from the annular groove 132 is provided with a recess matching the protrusion 141. The lens support 14 is mounted on the elastic member 13, the protrusion 141 is located in the groove of the elastic member 13 and is fixedly connected with the elastic member 13, and the axial direction of the lens support 14 is consistent with the axial direction of the elastic member 13. Specifically, glue or double-sided adhesive may be disposed between the lens holder 14 and the elastic member 13 to further increase the stability of the connection between the lens holder 14 and the elastic member 13.
In one embodiment, the lens assembly 10 further includes a first seal 16. In this embodiment, the first seal 16 is a sealing gasket. The first seal member 16 is mounted to the housing 11 and is located between the housing 11 and the sealing plate 12 to sealingly connect the sealing plate 12 to the housing 11.
Referring to fig. 2, the camera assembly 20 includes a base 21, an image sensor and a processing chip (not shown) mounted in the base 21, and a lens 24. The lens 24 is mounted on the base 21, a lens is disposed in the lens 24, and an end of the lens 24 away from the base 21 is a light inlet side 22, which is the light inlet side 22 of the camera module 20. The image capturing assembly 20 is mounted on the lens assembly 10, and the light inlet side 22 of the image capturing assembly 20 extends into the accommodating space 111 through the first through hole 121. The axial direction of the light entry side 22 of the lens assembly 10 coincides with the axial direction of the lens 15. External light enters the lens 24 and the chip in the base 21 from the lens 15 through the light entering side 22, and is imaged by the image sensor and the processing chip.
In one embodiment, the camera body 1 further comprises a second seal 23. In this embodiment, the second seal 23 is a seal ring. The second seal 23 is fitted around the outer periphery of the lens 24. The image pickup assembly 20 is mounted in the housing 11 of the lens assembly 10, and a second sealing member 23 is located between the sealing plate 12 and the lens 24 to hermetically connect the sealing plate 12 and the image pickup assembly 20.
Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the water spraying element 30 in the camera 100 of fig. 1.
The water spray 30 includes a water pipe 31 and a nozzle 32. In this embodiment, the nozzle 32 is a high pressure nozzle. The nozzle 32 includes a water outlet 321. One end of the water pipe 31 is connected to an external water storage device, and the other end is fixedly connected to the nozzle 32. The nozzle 32 is mounted in the first mounting hole 113 and is fixedly coupled to the extension 112 of the housing 11. In this embodiment, the nozzle 32 and the extension 112 are fixedly connected by a snap fit. In other embodiments, the nozzle 32 may be fixedly connected to the housing 11 in other ways. The outlet 321 of the nozzle 32 is directed towards the outer surface 151 of the lens 15. Water in the external water reservoir is transported through the water tube 31 to the nozzle 32 and then sprayed from the water outlet 321 of the nozzle 32 onto the outer surface 151 of the lens 15.
In this embodiment, the nozzle 32 includes a main body portion 322 and a water outlet portion 323, and the water outlet 321 is located in the water outlet portion 323. The main body 322 has one end fixedly connected to the water pipe 31 and the other end rotatably connected to the water outlet 323, and the water outlet 323 is rotatable relative to the main body 322. Through rotatory water outlet portion 323, the angle between adjustable water outlet portion 323 and the lens 15 surface 151 to can adjust the angle of the water of delivery port 321 spun, so that water spray member 30 can spray water towards the surface 151 of lens 15 more accurately, further promote camera 100's self-cleaning efficiency.
In this embodiment, the water spraying member 30 is disposed, and the water spraying member 30 can spray water toward the outer surface 151 of the lens 15, so as to remove dirt on the outer surface 151 of the lens 15. In addition, the nozzle 32 in this embodiment is a high pressure nozzle 32, which can increase water pressure and improve dirt removing ability, thereby improving cleaning effect.
Referring to fig. 6 and 7, fig. 6 is a partial schematic structural view of the automatic cleaning camera 100 shown in fig. 1, and fig. 7 is a partial sectional view of the automatic cleaning camera 100 shown in fig. 1.
The elastic member 13 is mounted to one end of the housing 11, the lens holder 14 is mounted to the elastic member 13, and the lens 15 is mounted to the lens holder 14 to seal one end of the housing 11. The sealing plate 12 is mounted at the other end of the housing 11, and the first sealing member 16 is mounted between the housing 11 and the sealing plate 12 to hermetically connect the housing 11 and the sealing plate 12. The lens 24 of the camera module 20 is mounted in the first through hole 121 of the sealing plate 12, and the sealing plate 12 and the lens 24 are hermetically connected by the second sealing member 23. The vibrator 40 is mounted to the second mounting hole 122 such that the second mounting hole 122 is sealed. The elastic member 13, the lens holder 14, the lens 15, the first seal member 16, the camera assembly 20, the second seal member 23, and the vibrator 40 seal the housing space 111 to form the sealed chamber 3. The sealed cavity 3 meets the requirements of IP6K9K protection level and sound wave transmission vibration. It should be noted that the IP protection rating system is drafted by IEC (International electrotechnical Commission) and electric appliances are classified according to their dust-proof and moisture-proof characteristics. "6K" in "IP6K9K" means a dustproof rating of 6, and "9K" means a waterproof rating of 9. The IP6K9K protection grade prevents the intrusion of dust and high temperature and high pressure water.
In the present embodiment, the vibrator 40 is a piezoelectric buzzer. In other embodiments, the vibrator 40 may be an ultrasonic vibrator. It should be explained that the piezoelectric buzzer is an electroacoustic transducer device. The piezoelectric material is attached to the metal sheet, and when voltage is applied to two ends of the piezoelectric material and the metal sheet, the piezoelectric buzzer can generate mechanical deformation and generate sound due to the piezoelectric effect. The vibrator 40 is mounted in the second mounting hole 122 and is fixedly coupled to the sealing plate 12. In this embodiment, the vibrator 40 is bonded to the sealing plate 12 by a high temperature resistant adhesive. In other embodiments, the vibrator 40 may be fixedly connected to the sealing plate 12 in other manners.
The vibrator 40 vibrates to generate sound waves, and the sound waves are propagated in the sealed cavity 3 and continuously compress the air in the sealed cavity 3 to drive the elastic part 13 to vibrate, so as to drive the lens support 14 and the lens 15 to vibrate, so that the water drops on the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 fall off, and the water drops on the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 are removed.
In this embodiment, by providing the vibrator 40, the vibrator 40 vibrates to drive the lens 15 to vibrate, so as to remove water drops on the outer surface 151 of the lens 15, thereby improving the automatic cleaning efficiency of the camera 100. In addition, the vibrator 40 is simply installed, so that the structure of the camera 100 can be simplified, and the processing and assembling costs can be saved. Meanwhile, by arranging the elastic member 13 between the housing 11 and the lens 15, the vibration amplitude of the lens 15 can be increased, so that water drops on the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 can be removed, and the automatic cleaning efficiency of the camera 100 can be further improved. It can be understood that the elastic member 13 is made of an elastic material, and has a small elastic modulus, and under the same applied pressure, the elastic member 13 deforms greatly, so that the lens 15 can be driven to generate a larger vibration amplitude, and the efficiency of removing water drops by the camera 100 can be improved.
Referring to fig. 2 and 7, in the present embodiment, the heating member 50 is a ceramic heating sheet. In other embodiments, the heating element 50 may also be an alloy wire electric heating element or a PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) electric heating element. Wherein, adopt ceramic heating piece as heating member 50 for heating member 50 has advantages such as mechanical strength is high, chemical stability is good, intensification is rapid, the heating is even, has promoted heating member 50's heating efficiency and durability.
The heating member 50 has a ring shape. The heating member 50 is provided with a third through-hole 51, and the third through-hole 51 penetrates the heating member 50 in the axial direction of the heating member 50. The heating member 50 is installed in the housing 11. In this embodiment, the heating member 50 is bonded to the inner surface of the main housing 11 by a high temperature resistant adhesive. In other embodiments, the heating element 50 may be fixedly connected to the housing 11 in other manners. Wherein, the axial of heating member 50 is unanimous with the axial of subassembly 20 and lens 15 of making a video recording, and the size of third through hole 51 is greater than the size of lens 15 to can avoid heating member 50 to block external light and get into subassembly 20 of making a video recording through lens 15, influence the shooting quality.
When the heating element 50 is heated, heat is generated and transmitted to the housing 11, the housing 11 to the elastic element 13, the elastic element 13 to the lens holder 14, and the lens holder 14 to the lens 15, so that the lens 15 is heated. Meanwhile, the heat generated by the heating member 50 can also be directly transferred to the lens 15 by the air to heat the lens 15.
In this embodiment, through setting up heating member 50, and make the temperature of lens 15 rise when heating member 50 heats, thereby can get rid of the outer surface 151 of lens 15 fast and get rid of little drop of water, water stain and fog that the drop of water left behind, make the outer surface 151 of lens 15 not have remaining dirty mark, guarantee the clarity of lens 15 outer surface 151, promote camera 100's cleaning efficiency and clean effect, and satisfy the requirement that camera 100 obtained clear image, promote driving safety. Meanwhile, under the condition that the lens 15 is affected by the external environment and fogs, the heating element 50 heats the lens 15 to heat up, so that the fog on the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 can be removed, the clarity of the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 is ensured, and the driving experience and the driving safety of a user are improved. Moreover, the heating member 50 in this embodiment has a simple structure, is convenient and fast to install, and can simplify the structure of the camera 100, thereby saving the cost.
Referring back to fig. 1 and 2, in one embodiment, the camera head 100 further includes a main control board (not shown), which is electrically connected to the camera assembly 20, the water spraying member 30, the vibrator 40 and the heating member 50 to control the operating states of the camera assembly 20, the water spraying member 30, the vibrator 40 and the heating member 50.
The cleaning process of the self-cleaning camera 100 provided by the embodiment is as follows:
first, the camera 100 takes a picture and transmits the picture to the main control board, and the main control board determines whether the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 needs to be cleaned according to the received picture information. When the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 is dirty and needs to be cleaned, the main control board controls the water spraying member 30 to work, and the water spraying member 30 sprays water toward the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 to remove the dirt on the outer surface 151 of the lens 15. Then, the main control board controls the vibrator 40 to work again, so that the vibrator 40 vibrates and drives the lens 15 to vibrate, so as to remove water drops on the outer surface 151 of the lens 15. Then, the main control board controls the heating element 50 to work again, so that the heating element 50 is heated, and the temperature of the lens 15 is raised, thereby removing small water drops, water stains and mist on the outer surface 151 of the lens 15, and further completing the first cleaning process.
After the first cleaning process is completed, the camera 100 takes a picture again and transmits the picture to the main control board, and the main control board determines whether the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 needs to be cleaned according to the received picture information. When the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 is contaminated and needs to be cleaned, the main control board controls the water spraying member 30, the vibrator 40 and the heating member 50 to be operated in sequence, and the above cleaning process is completed again. The above-mentioned cleaning process and the photographing process are repeated until the main control board judges that the outer surface 151 of the lens 15 does not need to be cleaned through the received photograph information, and the cleaning process is finished.
The camera 100 that this embodiment provided is through setting up the main control board to through the 100 working procedure of main control board automatic control camera, in order to accomplish the cleaning process, get rid of the dirt of 15 surface 151 of lens, promoted camera 100's washing convenience and agility, and promoted the cleaning efficiency, user's driving experience feels and driving safety, can also play the effect of using manpower sparingly, thing power simultaneously.
Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera 100 for automatic cleaning according to another embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, the camera 100 further includes a housing 2. The housing 2 is provided with a light passing hole 201. The lens assembly 10, the camera assembly 20, the water spraying member 30, the heating member 50 and the vibrator 40 are all accommodated in the housing 2, and the lens of the lens assembly 10 is opposite to the light through hole 201, so that external light can enter the lens assembly 10 and the camera assembly 20 through the light through hole 201. The housing 2 protects the lens assembly 10, the camera assembly 20, the water spraying member 30, the heating member 50 and the vibrator 40 to increase durability of the camera 100 and, at the same time, to improve the aesthetic appearance of the camera 100. Of course, the structure of the housing 2 is not limited to the shape shown in fig. 8.
The above embodiments and embodiments of the present application are only examples and embodiments, and the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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1. The utility model provides an automatic abluent camera, is applied to the vehicle which characterized in that includes: the device comprises a lens assembly, a camera assembly, a water spraying piece, a heating piece and a vibrator;
the lens assembly comprises a shell and a lens, and the lens is mounted on the shell and exposes out of the shell; the camera shooting assembly is fixedly connected with the lens assembly, and the optical axis of the lens assembly is coaxial with that of the camera shooting assembly; the vibrator is fixedly connected with the shell;
the water outlet of the water spraying piece faces the lens and is used for spraying water towards the lens, and the vibrator vibrates to drive the lens to vibrate so as to remove moisture on the outer surface of the lens.
2. The camera of claim 1, including a heating element mounted within the housing for heating the lens to atomize water droplets on the lens.
3. The camera of claim 1, wherein the lens assembly has a sealed cavity, and the vibrator is mounted on and fixedly connected to the lens assembly, and vibrates to repeatedly compress air in the sealed cavity to drive the lens to vibrate.
4. The camera of claim 3, wherein the lens assembly further comprises an elastic member, the elastic member is disposed between the housing and the lens and is fixedly connected to the housing and the lens, and the vibrator vibrates to repeatedly compress the air in the sealed cavity to drive the elastic member to vibrate, thereby driving the lens to vibrate.
5. The camera of claim 4, wherein the resilient member is rubber or plastic.
6. The self-cleaning camera of claim 3, wherein the lens assembly includes a sealing plate, the housing surrounds the sealing plate and is fixedly connected to the sealing plate, the vibrator is mounted to the sealing plate, and the vibrator is at least partially disposed in the sealing cavity.
7. The self-cleaning camera of claim 6, wherein the lens assembly includes a first seal sealingly coupled to the seal plate and the housing.
8. The camera according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the vibrator is a piezoelectric buzzer or an ultrasonic vibrator.
9. The self-cleaning camera according to claim 1, wherein the water spray comprises a water tube and a nozzle, the water tube is fixedly connected with the nozzle, the nozzle comprises a main body portion and a water outlet portion, and the water outlet portion is rotatably connected with the main body portion.
10. The self-cleaning camera according to claim 1, wherein the heating element is a ceramic heating plate, or an alloy wire electric heating element, or a positive temperature coefficient electric heating element.
11. The self-cleaning camera according to claim 1, further comprising a main control board electrically connected to the camera assembly, the water spray and the vibrator.
12. A vehicle comprising the self-cleaning camera of any one of claims 1 to 11.
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