Structure for attaching stereoscopic camera in vehicle

• US 20060072008A1
• Filed: 10/04/2005
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nagaoka, Nobuharu, Hattori, Hiroshi, Watanabe, Masahito, Katashima, Yoshitaka, Miyazaki, Yasuaki, Iwaizako, Kazuhiko, Tsushima, Hiromichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,499,100 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/118
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0038 Engine compartment

Abstract

This structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera in a vehicle allows a plurality of cameras to be attached to a vehicle body frame in order to stereoscopically capture images surrounding the vehicle, and the same structure includes: a lateral stay for coupling the plurality of cameras with each other; and brackets for fixing the lateral stay or the plurality of cameras at a cross member having both ends folded upward, having the terminals connected to the front end parts of the side frames at both sides of the engine room, and having a radiator supported at the middle part thereof, wherein at least a part of the plurality of cameras is disposed between both the ends of the cross member and the radiator.

Claims

1. A structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera in a vehicle, by which a plurality of cameras are attached on a body frame of the vehicle in order to stereoscopically capture images surrounding the vehicle, comprising:

a lateral stay for coupling the plurality of cameras with each other; and

brackets for fixing the lateral stay or the plurality of cameras to a cross member having both ends folded upward, having terminals connected to front end parts of side frames at both sides of an engine room, and having a radiator supported at an middle part thereof, wherein

at least a part of the plurality of cameras is disposed between both ends of the cross member and the radiator.

2. A structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

a plane of the brackets to be attached to the lateral stay or an attaching plane of the brackets to the camera is inclined to a plane of the brackets to be attached to the body frame so that the optical axis of the camera is inclined upward with respect to an axis orthogonal to the plane of the brackets to be attached to the body frame.

3. A structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera in a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein

an angle formed by the plane of the bracket to be attached to the lateral stay and the plane of the bracket to be attached to the body frame or an angle formed by the attaching plane of the bracket to the camera and the plane of the bracket to be attached to the body frame is established in response to an amount of displacement of the portion of the body frame where the bracket is installed.

4. A structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera in a vehicle, by which a plurality of cameras are attached on a body frame of the vehicle in order to stereoscopically capture images surrounding the vehicle, comprising:

a lateral stay for coupling the plurality of cameras with each other; and

brackets for fixing the lateral stay or the plurality of cameras to a cross member having both ends folded upward, having terminals connected to front end parts of side frames at both sides of an engine room, and having a radiator supported at a middle part thereof, wherein

at least a part of the plurality of cameras is disposed in the vicinity of an outside side frame at both folded ends of the cross member.

5. A structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera in a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein

a plane of the brackets to be attached to the lateral stay or an attaching plane of the brackets to the camera is inclined to a plane of the brackets to be attached to the body frame so that the optical axis of the camera is inclined upward with respect to an axis orthogonal to the plane of the brackets to be attached to the body frame.

6. A structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera in a vehicle according to claim 5, wherein

an angle formed by the plane of the bracket to be attached to the lateral stay and the plane of the bracket to be attached to the body frame or an angle formed by the attaching plane of the bracket to the camera and the plane of the bracket to be attached to the body frame is established in response to an amount of displacement of the portion of the body frame where the bracket is installed.