LEFT/RIGHT REARVIEW DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE

• US 20120314075A1
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sung H.O. Cho
• Original Assignee: Sung H.O. Cho
• Inventors: Cho, Sung Ho
• Application Number:
  US13/581,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20120314075A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1253 with cameras, video cameras or video screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/106 using night vision cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/802 for monitoring and displaying vehicle exterior blind spot views
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8046 for replacing a rear-view mirror system

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a side-view and rearview apparatus for a vehicle which may be simply and conveniently employed in place of a conventional rearview mirror. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a side-view and rearview apparatus including a camera 14 to image a side-view and rearview around the vehicle; a monitor 12 to display the side-view and rearview from the camera; a control unit to enable the side-view and rearview from the camera to be displayed on the monitor; and a body 10 to accommodate the camera, monitor and control unit, the body being installed at a front portion of left and/or right front doors of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A side-view and rearview apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a camera to image a side-view and rearview around the vehicle;

a monitor to display the side-view and rearview from the camera;

a control unit to enable the side-view and rearview from the camera to be displayed on the monitor; and

a body to accommodate the camera, monitor and control unit, the body being installed at a front portion of left and/or right front doors of the vehicle.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body is formed of an integration of camera and monitor housings being installed outside and inside the vehicle respectively, the camera housing including the camera and having a lens hole for a lens of the camera to see through, and the monitor housing including the monitor and having a cavity formed therein to receive the monitor.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the integration of the camera and monitor housings is accomplished using a bolt and a nut or via a metal support plate installed to a corner in front of a glass window of the front door.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body has a glass slide portion formed between the camera and monitor housings to enable vertical sliding of a glass window of the front door.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the camera and monitor housings independently move in up-down, left-right and/or front-rear directions via operation of a driver.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the movement of the camera and monitor housings is realized via a hinge by a hand or an electrical mechanism.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the camera housing has a direction indication lamp formed at an outer cover thereof, and has an illumination lamp formed at a bottom face thereof.

8. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the body has a glass slide portion formed between the camera and monitor housings to enable vertical sliding of a glass window of the front door.

9. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the body has a glass slide portion formed between the camera and monitor housings to enable vertical sliding of a glass window of the front door.

10. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the camera and monitor housings independently move in up-down, left-right and/or front-rear directions via operation of a driver.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the movement of the camera and monitor housings is realized via a hinge by a hand or an electrical mechanism.

12. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the camera housing has a direction indication lamp formed at an outer cover thereof, and has an illumination lamp formed at a bottom face thereof.