In-vehicle camera
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1. An in-vehicle camera comprising:
- a camera component configured to record out of a vehicle through a window glass;
a cover covering the camera component from a vehicle interior side, with a gap existing between the cover and the window glass; and
a blocker directly secured to a vehicle interior-side surface of the window glass inside the cover at a position between the gap and an imaging component of the camera component such that the blocker protrudes toward the vehicle interior side from the window glass at a position between the gap and the imaging component of the camera component, the blocker being configured to allow passage of air between the inside and the outside of the cover via the gap while blocking light passing through the gap and reflected into the camera component, the gap being formed between the cover and the blocker at a portion of the blocker that is secured to the vehicle interior-side surface of the window glass.
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Abstract
An in-vehicle camera including: a camera component that records out of the vehicle through a window glass; a cover that covers the camera component from the vehicle interior side, with a gap existing between the cover and the window glass; and a blocker that is secured to a vehicle interior-side surface of the window glass inside the cover and is configured to allow passage of air between the inside and the outside of the cover via the gap while blocking light passing through the gap and reflected into the camera component.
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1. An in-vehicle camera comprising:
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a camera component configured to record out of a vehicle through a window glass; a cover covering the camera component from a vehicle interior side, with a gap existing between the cover and the window glass; and a blocker directly secured to a vehicle interior-side surface of the window glass inside the cover at a position between the gap and an imaging component of the camera component such that the blocker protrudes toward the vehicle interior side from the window glass at a position between the gap and the imaging component of the camera component, the blocker being configured to allow passage of air between the inside and the outside of the cover via the gap while blocking light passing through the gap and reflected into the camera component, the gap being formed between the cover and the blocker at a portion of the blocker that is secured to the vehicle interior-side surface of the window glass. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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