US Patent 11180089 Camera mounting structure

A camera mounting structure includes: a camera that is provided on a vehicle upper side of an inner surface of a front windshield glass and detects information about the surroundings of a vehicle; an angle-of-view hood member that is disposed on the vehicle front lower side of the camera; a heating element that is provided on a lower surface of the angle-of-view hood member and is for defogging the front windshield glass; and a heat-insulating member that is provided on a lower surface of the heating element and has a two-layer structure having an upper-layer heat-insulating material and a lower-layer heat-insulating material.