JP2018205606A - Camera device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a camera device that easily removes a water droplet or ice attached to a lens, and enables costs to be held down.SOLUTION: A camera device comprises: a lens 13 that has a hydrophilic coating applied on a surface 13b; a lens barrel 12 that supports the lens 13; and a substrate 22 that has a heating element 25 attached. The lens barrel 12 is made up of metal or resin with thermal conductivity, and the heating element 25 is connected to the lens barrel 12 via an adhesive 26. Heat generating in the heating element 25 is transmitted to the lens 13 via the lens barrel 12, and then, the lens 13 itself is warmed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a camera device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a camera device that removes water droplets attached to a lens with a drainage member disposed on the front side of the lens is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In addition, there is known a device in which a glass member is provided on the front surface of a camera case that houses a camera unit, and ice attached to the glass member is removed by heating the glass member (for example, see Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-152883 JP-A-6-258713

In Patent Document 1, when ice adheres to the surface of the lens, the drainage member disposed on the lower front side of the lens prevents the ice from falling.
In Patent Document 2, a heater is attached to the glass member of the camera case. However, when snow or ice adheres to the glass member, water droplets may adhere to the lens of the camera body due to condensation or the like. In addition, the number of parts, such as glass members, heaters, packings, covers, etc., increases with respect to the camera body, and it is necessary to make the heaters special so that they do not appear in the captured images, resulting in an increase in cost. .
An object of the present invention is to provide a camera device capable of easily removing water droplets and ice adhering to a lens and reducing the cost.

  The present invention includes a lens having a hydrophilic coating on an outer surface, a lens barrel that supports the lens, and a substrate on which a heating element is attached. The lens barrel is made of metal or a resin having thermal conductivity. Thus, the heating element or the substrate is connected to the lens barrel.

In the above invention, the heating element may be an image sensor that converts light that has passed through the lens into an electrical signal.
In the above invention, the substrate may be attached with an imaging element that converts light that has passed through the lens into an electrical signal in addition to the heating element.

In the above invention, the substrate may be provided with a slit or a recess between the heating element and the imaging element.
In the above invention, the substrate may be provided with a connector for taking out the output of the image sensor to the outside on the image sensor side of the slit or recess.

Further, in the above invention, a housing is provided around the lens barrel, and at least one of the lens barrel and the housing is shifted from the lower center of the lens to the side in a front view of the lens. In addition, a water droplet removing member that removes water droplets attached to the lens is provided, the water droplet removing member has hydrophilicity, and at least a part of the water droplet removing member is attached to the lens in a front view of the lens. You may make it contact or adjoin to the surface of the said lens while overlapping.
Moreover, in the said invention, at least one part of the said water drop removal member may be formed in protrusion shape.

  The present invention comprises a lens having a hydrophilic coating on the outer surface, a lens barrel that supports the lens, and a substrate on which a heating element is attached, and the lens barrel is made of metal or a resin having thermal conductivity, Since the heating element or the substrate is connected to the lens barrel, the heat generated by the heating element can be transmitted to the lens through the lens barrel to heat the lens itself, and when snow or ice adheres to the lens, It is possible to easily remove snow and ice from the lens by melting the part that contacts the snow and ice lens. Also, water formed by melting ice can be easily removed from the lens surface by the hydrophilic coating. Furthermore, the conventional structure of attaching the heating element to the substrate provided in the camera structure is used, and the cost increase can be suppressed.

It is a perspective view which shows the camera apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows a camera apparatus. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a 1st operation | movement figure which shows an effect | action when ice adheres to the lens of a camera apparatus. It is a 2nd operation | movement figure which shows an effect | action when ice adheres to the lens of a camera apparatus. It is a 1st operation | movement figure which shows an effect | action when a water droplet adheres to the lens of a camera apparatus. It is a 2nd operation | movement figure which shows an effect | action when a water droplet adheres to the lens of a camera apparatus. It is an operation | movement figure which shows an effect | action when a water droplet adheres to the lens of the camera apparatus of a comparative example. It is sectional drawing which shows the camera apparatus of 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the symbol FR indicates the front of the camera device 10, the symbol UP indicates the upper portion of the camera device 10, and the symbol LH indicates the left side toward the camera device 10.
<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a camera apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
The camera device 10 is a box-shaped resin case 11, a lens barrel 12 provided at the front portion of the case 11, a lens 13 supported by the lens barrel 12, and a detachable attachment to the outside of the case 11. And a water droplet removing member 14 provided on the surface.
The lens 13 has a hydrophilic coating on the outer surface (surface 13b) and has hydrophilicity.
The water droplet removing member 14 includes a locking portion 14 a for locking to the housing 11 and a protruding protrusion 14 b that protrudes from the locking portion 14 a to the surface 13 b of the lens 13. The locking portion 14a includes a plurality of locking projections 14c and 14d, and the locking projections 14c and 14d are engaged with locked portions (not shown) provided on the housing 11.
Thus, by providing the water drop removing member 14 so as to be detachable from the housing 11 as a fitting type, the water drop removing member 14 can be retrofitted to a camera device that does not include the water drop removing member 14, thereby enhancing versatility. Can do. In addition, although the housing 11 and the water droplet removing member 14 are coupled to each other by a snap-fit structure including the above-described locking portion 14a and the locking projections 14c and 14d, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a screw, a nut, or the like. It is good also as a structure using this fastening member.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the camera apparatus 10.
The camera device 10 includes an imaging element 16 that converts light that has passed through the lens 13 into an electrical signal behind the lens 13.
The protrusion 14b of the water droplet removing member 14 is provided at a position shifted from the lower side of the center 13a of the lens 13 (the center 13a is indicated by a black circle) to the side (right side). The protrusion 14b (specifically, the center line 14g of the protrusion 14b) is provided at a position shifted by an angle θ with respect to the vertical line 20 passing through the center 13a. For example, the angle θ = 30 to 50 °.
In the camera device 10, for example, when the shape of the housing 11 is a 2.5 cm square cube, the angle of view of the lens 13 is 180 °, the diameter of the lens 13 is 1.5 cm, and the center line 14 g of the protrusion 14 b is along. The length L is 1 cm, the width W in the direction perpendicular to the center line 14g of the protrusion 14b is 1 cm, and the length of the straight portion 14f is 2 mm.
Although the center line 14g of the protrusion 14b passes through the center 13a of the lens 13, the protrusion 14b may be disposed so as to pass above or below the center 13a.

Further, in the front view, the protruding portion 14 b has a distal end portion 14 e that overlaps the lens 13 and is disposed on the outer side in the radial direction than the imaging element 16. Therefore, the protrusion 14b does not affect the image pickup by the image pickup device 16. Further, by providing the water droplet removing member 14 at the above position, water droplets can be effectively removed from the lens 13.
The tip portion 14e of the protrusion 14b has a straight portion 14f facing the center 13a of the lens 13, but the length (0 to 5 mm) of the straight portion 14f is small. The tip portion 14e does not need to be provided with the straight portion 14f, and the tip portion 14e may have a sharp shape.
In addition, although the protrusion part 14b was provided in the right side toward the vertical line 20, it is not restricted to this, The protrusion part 14b is axisymmetric with respect to the position shown as the continuous line on the basis of the vertical line 20. May be provided at the position indicated by the imaginary line (on the left side of the vertical line 20). In this case, the water droplet removing member 14 may have a left-right reversed shape so as to include the protrusion 14b indicated by the imaginary line with respect to the protrusion 14b indicated by the solid line.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.
In FIG. 3, in the camera device 10, the optical axis 13 c of the lens 13 extends sideways, specifically, so as to be lowered forward by an angle α with respect to the horizontal line 21. For example, the angle α = 5 to 45 °.
The housing 11 includes a front wall 11a, and the lens barrel 12 is fitted in a through hole 11b formed in the front wall 11a.
A substrate 22 is disposed behind the lens barrel 12 in the housing 11. The substrate 22 is attached to the housing 11 with a fastening member (not shown). The image sensor 16 is attached to the central portion of the front surface 22a, and a plurality of heating elements 25 such as heaters are attached to a peripheral portion of the substrate 22 that is separated from the image sensor 16 on the front surface 22a. The heating element 25 generates heat by supplying power from the outside.

The rear end of the lens barrel 12 is attached to the plurality of heating elements 25 by an adhesive 26. The lens barrel 12 is made of metal or resin having good thermal conductivity, and the adhesive 26 also has good thermal conductivity. Therefore, the heat generated by the plurality of heating elements 25 is applied to the adhesive 26 and the lens barrel 12. Via the lens 13.
On the front surface 22 a of the substrate 22, a recess (or slit) 22 b for suppressing heat conduction is formed between the imaging element 16 and the plurality of heating elements 25. Here, the recess 22b may have a groove shape.
The above-described recesses (or slits) 22b can restrict the heat generated by the plurality of heating elements 25 from being transmitted to the image sensor 16. Thereby, it is possible to protect the image sensor 16 by preventing the image sensor 16 from excessively rising in temperature.

Further, by the recesses (or slits) 22b, the degree of heat transmitted to the lens 13 through the substrate 22, the plurality of heating elements 25, the adhesive 26, and the lens barrel 12 is adjusted by the heat generated in the imaging element 16. Can do.
As described above, heat can be transmitted to the lens 13 from both the plurality of heating elements 25 and the imaging element 16.
Specifically, in order to adjust the heat conduction in the substrate 22, for example, the depth and width of the recess (or slit) 22b and the interval between the adjacent recesses (or slits) 22b and 22b are changed.

On the back surface 22c of the substrate 22, a connector 27 is provided closer to the image sensor 16 than the recess (or slit) 22b.
The connector 27 includes a male connector 27a attached to the back surface 22c of the substrate 22 and a female connector 27b connected to the male connector 27a.
The male connector 27a includes a plurality of connection terminals therein, and each connection terminal is connected to the image sensor 16 via a conductive wire (not shown). The female connector 27b includes a plurality of connection terminals that are in contact with the connection terminals of the male connector 27a, and a conductive wire 28 is connected to each connection terminal of the female connector 27b. The conducting wire 28 is connected to a video processing unit (not shown) of the camera device 10, and transmits an output signal of the image sensor 16 from the connector 27 to the video processing unit of the camera device 10 through the conducting wire 28.

The heat generated in the image sensor 16 escapes to the outside through the conductive wire extending from the image sensor 16, the connection terminals of the male connector 27 a and the female connector 27 b, and the conductive wire 28. The heat of the image sensor 16 is directly transmitted from the image sensor 16 to the substrate 22 and is radiated from the substrate 22 into the air. In this way, the temperature rise of the image sensor 16 is suppressed.
The tip 14 e of the protrusion 14 b of the water droplet removing member 14 is in contact with or close to the surface 13 b of the lens 13. Thereby, it is possible to easily move the water droplets attached to the surface 13b of the lens 13 to the protrusion 14b having hydrophilicity.
The tip 14e of the protrusion 14b is in a range that does not interfere with the light paths A and A incident on the image sensor 16 (a range outside the light paths A and A and does not affect imaging). Provided. Thus, since the protrusion 14b is provided so as to avoid the imaging range, it is possible to prevent the protrusion 14b from appearing in the video.

As described above, the substrate 22 has the recess (or slit) 22 b between the heating element 25 and the image sensor 16.
According to this configuration, the heat transmitted from the heating element 25 to the image sensor 16 and the heat transmitted from the image sensor 16 to the lens 13 can be adjusted by the recess (or slit) 22b. Specifically, it is possible to prevent heat from being transmitted from the heating element 25 to the image sensor 16, thereby suppressing an increase in the temperature of the image sensor 16 and adjusting the degree of heating of the lens 13 by the image sensor 16.
Further, the substrate 22 is provided with a connector 27 for taking out the output of the image sensor 16 to the outside on the image sensor 16 side of the recess (or slit) 22b.
According to this configuration, heat generated in the image sensor 16 can be released to the outside through the connector 27, and the cooling performance of the image sensor 16 can be improved.

Next, the operation of the camera device 10 described above will be described.
FIG. 4 is a first action diagram showing an action when the ice 31 adheres to the lens 13 of the camera apparatus 10, and FIG. 5 is a second action showing an action when the ice 31 adheres to the lens 13 of the camera apparatus 10. FIG. In addition, about the water drop removal member 14, only the projection part 14b is drawn (the same is true of FIGS. 6-8).
As shown in FIG. 4, when the water droplets adhering to the surface 13 b of the lens 13 and the water film spreading on the surface 13 b of the lens 13 are frozen and the ice 51 is adhering to the surface 13 b of the lens 13, the lens 13 Therefore, it becomes difficult to introduce light into the image sensor 16. Therefore, in FIG. 3, power is supplied to the plurality of heating elements 25 to cause the heating elements 25 to generate heat. As a result, heat is transferred from the plurality of heating elements 25 to the lens 13 via the adhesive 26 and the lens barrel 12, so that the portion of the ice 51 in contact with the lens 13 is unwound in FIG.

As a result, the water formed by melting the ice 51 spreads in a film shape between the surface 13 b of the hydrophilic lens 13 and the remaining ice 51. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the remaining ice 51 slides down on the lens 13 and falls from the lens 13. At this time, when a part of the ice 51 is in contact with the tip 14e of the protrusion 14b of the water droplet removing member 14, a moment centering on the tip 14e acts on the ice 51. 51 falls while falling around the tip end portion 14e and falls.
Thus, since the protrusion 14b is provided at a position shifted laterally with respect to the lower center of the lens 13, the protrusion 51b is unlikely to obstruct the descending and falling of the ice 51. Further, by making the tip portion 14e of the protrusion 14b narrow or pointed, the rotation after the ice 51 comes into contact with the tip portion 14e becomes smooth and the ice 51 can be easily dropped. Can do.
For example, if the water drop removing member 14 is not provided with a protrusion and the ice 51 is received by a portion that is not a protrusion, the ice 51 is difficult to rotate, and the ice 51 is prevented from descending and falling.

In the in-vehicle camera device 10, the protrusion 51b is provided at a position in the traveling direction with respect to the lens 13, so that the ice 51 can be easily dropped by the flow of the traveling wind.
Even in the case of snow solidified by adhering to the lens, it can be removed in the same manner as the ice 51.
In FIG. 3, in the camera device 10, the plurality of heating elements 25 and the image sensor 16 can generate heat, and snow and ice attached to the lens 13 can be quickly removed. Further, depending on the outside air temperature and the frozen state of the surface 13b of the lens 13, the ice may be removed only by the heat generated from the image sensor 16 without generating heat from the plurality of heating elements. In addition, when imaging by the imaging element 16 is not performed, only a plurality of heating elements may generate heat to remove ice. In this case, all or some of the plurality of heating elements are heated. In short, the amount of heat generation may be adjusted according to the number of heat sources that generate heat.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 above, the substrate 22 is provided with the image pickup device 16 for converting the light that has passed through the lens 13 into an electric signal in addition to the heating element 25.
According to this configuration, the lens 13 itself can be warmed by heat generated from the heating element 25 and the image sensor 16, and snow and ice 51 attached to the lens 13 can be quickly removed.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, at least a part of the water droplet removing member 14 (specifically, the protruding portion 14b) is formed in a protruding shape.
According to this configuration, when the ice 51 adhering to the surface 13b of the lens 13 slides down on the lens 13, the ice 51 that contacts the protrusion 14b (specifically, the tip 14e of the protrusion 14b) is moved to the protrusion 14b ( Specifically, it can be smoothly rotated around the tip portion 14e), and the ice 51 can be easily removed from the lens 13.

FIG. 6 is a first action diagram showing an action when the water droplet 52 is attached to the lens 13 of the camera apparatus 10, and FIG. 7 is a second action showing an action when the water drop 52 is attached to the lens 13 of the camera apparatus 10. FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when water droplets 52 adhere to the surface 13 b of the lens 13, the water droplets 52 spread on the surface 13 b of the lens 13 by the hydrophilic coating on the surface 13 b and then spread on the lower portion of the lens 13. run down. Furthermore, the water droplet 52 moves down the lens 13 along the protrusion 14b of the water droplet removing member 14 having hydrophilicity, and reaches outside the imaging range. Then, most of the water droplets 52 are removed from the lens 13 by the protrusions 14b extending below the lens 13 and fall. Further, even if the water droplet 52 on the lens 13 is separated from the protrusion 14b, the water droplet 52 moves laterally on the lens 13 with the vibration of the vehicle, contacts the protrusion 14b, and is discharged downward.
In FIG. 3, when the lens 13 is a wide-angle lens having a surface 13d indicated by an imaginary line protruding from the surface 13b, a water droplet 52 (see FIGS. 6 and 7) from the surface 13d of the lens 13. Will not fall easily. However, even in such a wide-angle lens, it is possible to easily remove the water droplet 52 from the surface 13d of the lens 13 by providing the water droplet removing member 14 of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 6, the lens 13 having a surface 13 b with a hydrophilic coating, the lens barrel 12 that supports the lens 13, and the substrate 22 to which the heating element 25 is attached. The lens barrel 12 is made of metal or a resin having thermal conductivity, and the heating element 25 is connected to the lens barrel 12 via an adhesive 26.
According to this configuration, the heat generated by the heating element 25 can be transmitted to the lens 13 via the lens barrel 12 to warm the lens 13 itself. When snow or ice 51 adheres to the lens 13, It is possible to easily remove snow and ice 51 from the lens 13 by melting the portion of the ice 51 that contacts the lens 13. In addition, a water film can be formed so that the water formed by the melting of the ice 51 spreads on the surface 13b of the lens 13 by the hydrophilic coating of the lens 13. It can be easily removed from 13b. Furthermore, the conventional structure in which the heating element 25 is attached to the substrate 22 provided in the camera structure is used, and the cost increase can be suppressed.

FIG. 8 is an operation diagram showing an operation when the water droplet 105 adheres to the lens 103 of the camera device 100 of the comparative example.
The camera apparatus 100 includes a box-shaped casing 101, a lens barrel 102 provided at the front of the casing 101, and a lens 103 supported by the lens barrel 102. The lens 103 has hydrophilicity on the surface 103a. However, the water droplet removing member 14 of the camera device 10 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is not provided.
As shown in FIG. 8, when the water droplet 105 adheres to the lens 103, most of the water droplet 105 attached to the surface 103 a flows under the lens 103 due to the hydrophilicity of the surface 103 a of the lens 103. A part of the water droplet 105 below the lens 103 falls from the surface 103 a of the lens 103, and the rest of the water droplet 105 stays below the lens 103 and becomes a large water droplet 105. Due to the water droplet 105, a part of the paths A and A of the light incident on the image sensor 16 is disturbed, and the captured image is affected (for example, the image quality is deteriorated).

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, the housing 11 is provided around the lens barrel 12, and at least one of the lens barrel 12 and the housing 11 has a front surface of the lens 13. The water droplet removing member 14 (specifically, the protrusion 14b of the water droplet removing member 14) for removing the water droplets 52 attached to the lens 13 is provided at a position shifted from the lower side of the center of the lens 13 to the side. The water droplet removing member 14 has hydrophilicity, and at least a part of the water droplet removing member 14 overlaps the lens 13 in front view of the lens 13 and contacts or approaches the surface 13 b of the lens 13.
According to this configuration, the water droplet removal member 14 having hydrophilicity can easily collect the water droplets 52 on the surface 13 b of the lens 13 and remove it from the surface 13 b of the lens 13. Moreover, since the water droplet removing member 14 is provided at a position shifted from the lower side of the center of the lens 13 to the side, it is possible to make it difficult to prevent the ice 51 attached to the lens 13 from falling.

Second Embodiment
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a camera device 30 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
In the second embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
The camera device 30 differs from the camera device 10 shown in FIG. 3 in the shapes of the lens barrel 32 and the substrate 34 and is not provided with a heating element.
That is, the camera device 30 includes a housing 11, a lens barrel 32, a lens 13, a water drop removing member 14, a substrate 34, an image sensor 16, and a connector 27.

A lens barrel 32 is fitted in a through hole 11 b formed in the front wall 11 a of the housing 11. Only the overall length of the lens barrel 32 is different from that of the lens barrel 12 (see FIG. 3), and the lens 13 is supported by the lens barrel 32. The lens barrel 32 is made of metal or resin having good thermal conductivity.
A substrate 34 is attached to the inside of the housing 11. The board | substrate 34 is not provided with the recessed part (or slit) 22b (refer FIG. 3) with respect to the board | substrate 22 (refer FIG. 3). A rear end portion of the lens barrel 32 is attached to the front surface 34 a of the substrate 34 with an adhesive 26. The image sensor 16 is attached to the center of the front surface 34 a of the substrate 34, and the connector 27 is provided on the back surface 34 c of the substrate 34.

In the camera device 30, by attaching the lens barrel 32 to the substrate 34 with the adhesive 26, the heat generated in the imaging element 16 is easily transmitted to the lens 13 through the substrate 34, the adhesive 26 and the lens barrel 12. Therefore, when snow or ice adheres to the surface 13b of the lens 13, the portion of the image sensor 16 that contacts the snow or ice lens 13 can be unwound by the heat of the imaging device 16, and the snow or ice slides on the lens 13. The lens 13 can be dropped from above.
Further, the heat of the image sensor 16 can be radiated from each part of the substrate 34, the connector 27, the adhesive 26, the lens barrel 12 and the lens 13, and the temperature rise of the image sensor 16 can be suppressed.
Further, the basic structure of the camera device 30 (the lens 13, the image pickup device 16, the lens barrel 32, and the substrate 34) can remove snow and ice attached to the lens 13, thereby reducing the cost.

As described above, the lens 13 is provided with the lens 13 having a hydrophilic coating on the surface 13 a, the lens barrel 32 that supports the lens 13, and the substrate 34 to which the imaging element 16 as a heating element is attached. Is made of a metal or a resin having thermal conductivity, and a substrate 34 is connected to the lens barrel 32 via an adhesive 26.
According to this configuration, the heat generated in the imaging device 16 can be transmitted to the lens 13 via the substrate 34 and the lens barrel 32 to warm the lens 13 itself, and when snow or ice 51 adheres to the lens 13. The portion of the snow or ice 51 that contacts the lens 13 can be melted to easily remove the snow or ice 51 from the lens 13. In addition, a water film can be formed so that the water formed by the melting of the ice 51 spreads on the surface 13b of the lens 13 by the hydrophilic coating of the lens 13. It can be easily removed from 13b. Furthermore, the conventional structure in which the image sensor 16 is attached to the substrate 34 provided in the camera structure is used, and the cost increase can be suppressed.
In addition, since the heating element is the imaging element 16 that converts the light that has passed through the lens 13 into an electrical signal, it is not necessary to provide a special heating element, and costs can be reduced.

The above-described embodiment is merely an aspect of the present invention, and can be arbitrarily modified and applied without departing from the gist of the present invention.
For example, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the water droplet removing member 14 is provided with the protrusion 14 b and the water droplet removing member 14 is detachably attached to the housing 11. Only the 14 protrusions 14b may be attached to at least the front surface of the housing 11 or the lens barrel 12 by bonding or the like.
The camera device of the present invention is not limited to a device mounted on a vehicle, but can be applied to a device installed on a road or the like outside a building.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10,30 Camera apparatus 11 Housing | casing 12,32 Lens tube 13 Lens 14 Water drop removal member 14b Protrusion part (a part of water drop removal member)
16 Image sensor 22, 34 Substrate 22b Recess (or slit)
25 Heating element 27 Connector

Claims (7)

A lens having a hydrophilic coating on the outer surface, a lens barrel that supports the lens, and a substrate on which a heating element is attached;
The lens barrel is made of metal or a resin having thermal conductivity, and the heating element or the substrate is connected to the lens barrel.   The camera device according to claim 1, wherein the heating element is an image sensor that converts light that has passed through the lens into an electrical signal.   The camera device according to claim 1, wherein an image pickup device that converts light that has passed through the lens into an electric signal is attached to the substrate in addition to the heating element.   The camera device according to claim 3, wherein the substrate is provided with a slit or a recess between the heating element and the imaging element.   The camera device according to claim 4, wherein the substrate is provided with a connector for taking out an output of the image sensor to the outside on the image sensor side of the slit or recess.   A housing is provided around the lens barrel, and at least one of the lens barrel and the housing is attached to the lens at a position shifted laterally from below the center of the lens in front view of the lens. A water droplet removing member is provided to remove the water droplets, the water droplet removing member has hydrophilicity, and at least a part of the water droplet removing member overlaps the lens in a front view of the lens and the surface of the lens The camera device according to claim 1, wherein the camera device is in contact with or close to the camera.   The camera apparatus according to claim 6, wherein at least a part of the water droplet removing member is formed in a protruding shape.

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