Camera module
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1. A camera module configured to be mounted to an inside of a windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, the camera module comprising:
- a lens unit through which an optical image from the external environment enters;
an imager to image the external environment by forming the optical image thereon through the lens unit; and
a hood to restrict incidence of light on the lens unit from the external environment, whereinthe hood includes;
a base wall portion to be located to face the windshield across from the external environment; and
a pair of side wall portions raised from both vehicle width direction sides of the base wall portion, andunder a definition that an imaginary plane imaginarily extends along a horizontal direction and goes through at least a part of a front end surface of the lens unit, the side wall portions are formed at a height to pass under edges of a field of lens angle of view of the lens unit on the imaginary plane.
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A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.
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1. A camera module configured to be mounted to an inside of a windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, the camera module comprising:
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a lens unit through which an optical image from the external environment enters; an imager to image the external environment by forming the optical image thereon through the lens unit; and a hood to restrict incidence of light on the lens unit from the external environment, wherein the hood includes; a base wall portion to be located to face the windshield across from the external environment; and a pair of side wall portions raised from both vehicle width direction sides of the base wall portion, and under a definition that an imaginary plane imaginarily extends along a horizontal direction and goes through at least a part of a front end surface of the lens unit, the side wall portions are formed at a height to pass under edges of a field of lens angle of view of the lens unit on the imaginary plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A camera module configured to be mounted to an inside of a windshield of a vehicle, the camera module comprising:
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a wide angle lens located at a position enabling to capture an image of an outside of the vehicle from an inside of the windshield; and a hood to restrict light, which is from a vehicle interior of the vehicle is reflected on an inside of the windshield, from entering the wide angle lens, wherein the hood includes two side wall portions raised toward the windshield in a state where being mounted to the inside of the windshield, and a height of the side wall portions in the vertical direction is a height not to block edges of a field of an angle of view of the wide angle lens on an imaginary plane, the imaginary plane imaginarily extending along a horizontal direction and goes through at least a part of a front end surface of the wide angle lens. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A camera module configured to be mounted to an inside of a windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, the camera module comprising:
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a lens unit on which an optical image from the external environment is incident; and an imager to image the external environment by forming the optical image thereon through the lens unit, wherein the imager has an effective image capturing region capable of capturing an inverted image of the optical image as formed, and a size of the effective image capturing region on a lower side of the optical axis passing through the lens unit is larger than that on an upper side of the optical axis.
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21. A camera module configured to be mounted to an inside of a windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, the camera module comprising:
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a lens unit on which an optical image from the external environment is incident; and an imager to image the external environment by forming the optical image thereon through the lens unit, wherein the imager has an effective image capturing region capable of capturing an inverted image of the optical image as formed, and a geometric center of the effective image capturing region is shifted toward a lower side of the optical axis passing through the lens unit.
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