CLEANING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING CLEANING DEVICE

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A cleaning device includes a casing holding an image capturing device, a protective cover disposed in a visual field of the image capturing device, a vibrator to vibrate the protective cover, a controller to control the vibrator, a monitor to detect an electrical characteristic value associated with a vibration of the vibrator, and a storage to store determination criteria based on which the controller evaluates the electrical characteristic value detected by the monitor. The controller is configured to evaluate the electrical characteristic value based on the plurality of determination criteria stored in the storage and clean a surface of the translucent body by controlling the vibrator according to the determination.

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MURATA MANUFACTURING CO LTDKYOTO JAPAN KYOTO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
FUJIMOTO, Katsumi Nagaokakyo-shi, JP 119 873
HORIGUCHI, Chikahiro Nagaokakyo-shi, JP 23 137
ICHIGUCHI, Shinichiro Nagaokakyo-shi, JP 10 54
ISHII, Yuuki Nagaokakyo-shi, JP 27 298
KURATANI, Yasuhiro Nagaokakyo-shi, JP 20 72
MIZUSHIMA, Yuzo Nagaokakyo-shi, JP 10 43
NISHIYAMA, Kenji Nagaokakyo-shi, JP 69 525
TAKATA, Masaaki Nagaokakyo-shi, JP 26 453

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