ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,378, issued on April 15, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Defogging system" was invented by Taketo Kochi (Tokyo) and Masaki Nakajima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defogging system includes: a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed; a first heater arranged outside a field of view of an imaging device and configured to heat a window; a second heater arranged inside the field of view of the imaging device, arranged to be in contact with the window, and configured to heat the window; and a controller configured to control the first heater and the second heater. The controller is configured to det...