STRAY LIGHT OR SUN SHIELD FOR A CAMERA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A stray light screen for a camera in a motor vehicle, wherein the camera is oriented to a window of the motor vehicle and detects the surroundings of the motor vehicle through the window, and wherein a screen for minimizing the effect of stray light on the camera lens is arranged at least in the region between the camera lens and the window,wherein the screen has a direction-dependant different (anisotropic) optical property at least in a partial region, in such a manner that the screen shields the camera lens from light from the interior of the motor vehicle, in particular from light that is reflected by the window towards the camera lens, and wherein the screen is optically transparent for light from the surroundings of the vehicle to the extent that at least one occupant of the motor vehicle can optically perceive the surroundings of the vehicle through the screen.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an anisotropic stray light or sun screen for a camera in a motor vehicle, wherein this sun screen shields the camera lens from stray light coming from the vehicle interior or is reflected by a window of the vehicle. The sun screen is thereby however designed in such a manner that a vehicle occupant can see the surroundings of the vehicle through the shield.
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1. A stray light screen for a camera in a motor vehicle, wherein the camera is oriented to a window of the motor vehicle and detects the surroundings of the motor vehicle through the window, and wherein a screen for minimizing the effect of stray light on the camera lens is arranged at least in the region between the camera lens and the window,
wherein the screen has a direction-dependant different (anisotropic) optical property at least in a partial region, in such a manner that the screen shields the camera lens from light from the interior of the motor vehicle, in particular from light that is reflected by the window towards the camera lens, and wherein the screen is optically transparent for light from the surroundings of the vehicle to the extent that at least one occupant of the motor vehicle can optically perceive the surroundings of the vehicle through the screen.
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