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In-vehicle camera and vehicle control system

  • US 10,046,716 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2015
  • Issued: 08/14/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An in-vehicle camera which has a case and a lens, and which is attached in a vehicle interior so that the lens is exposed at a top face of the case and the top face is opposed to a windshield or another window, whereinthe top face has an angular shape bent at a ridge line passing through the top face,the lens is positioned in the vicinity of the ridge line,the in-vehicle camera includes a hood attached to a front portion of the case, the front portion being positioned at a front side of the case with respect to the lens,the hood includes a bottom face and side faces that stand at each of right and left sides of the bottom face,the top face has a lens mounted surface through which the lens is exposed at a front side of the case with respect to the ridge line,rear ends of the side faces of the hood are positioned at a front side of the case with respect to the lens mounted surface via a gap in a longitudinal direction of the case, the gap being between the lens mounted surface and the rear ends of the side faces of the hood, andtops of the rear ends of the hood are higher than a top of the lens.

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