CAMERA FOR A VEHICLE
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Abstract
A camera for a vehicle, in particular for monitoring the exterior environment. The camera having: an imager having a plurality of pixels, having different imager regions for different object distances, and an objective situated before the imager. Between the objective and the imager there is provided an additional optical unit that has in particular optical microelements, e.g., microlenses, the additional optical unit having different imaging properties for the imager regions of the imager, in particular for the compensation of different object distances and/or image distances.
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14. A camera for a vehicle, for monitoring an exterior environment, comprising:
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an imager having a plurality of pixels, the imager having different imager regions for different object distances; an objective situated before the imager; and an additional optical unit situated between the objective and the imager, the additional optical unit having different imaging characteristics for the imager regions of the imager. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A camera system, comprising:
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a camera for a vehicle, for monitoring an exterior environment, the camera including an imager having a plurality of pixels, the imager having different imager regions for different object distances, an objective situated before the imager, and an additional optical unit situated between the objective and the imager, the additional optical unit having different imaging characteristics for the imager regions of the imager; and a camera mount for attachment to a vehicle window, wherein for adjustment of imaging of an acquired region of a window external side, at least one of i) the camera is displaceable on the camera mount, and ii) a system made up of the objective and the imager is displaceable within a camera housing borne by the camera mount.
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27. A vehicle, comprising:
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a vehicle window; a camera including an imager having a plurality of pixels, the imager having different imager regions for different object distances, an objective situated before the imager, and an additional optical unit situated between the objective and the imager, the additional optical unit having different imaging characteristics for the imager regions of the imager; and a camera mount to fasten the camera to an inner side of the window; wherein a first one of the imager regions images through the window a first acquisition of an environment surrounding the vehicle with a comparatively large object distance using the additional optical unit and the objective, and a second one of the imager regions images via the additional optical unit and the objective a region with a comparatively smaller object distance. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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Specification