CAMERA DEVICE FOR CAPTURING IMAGES OF AN EXTERNAL REGION OF A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A camera device for capturing images of an external region of a vehicle, said camera device comprising:
- a camera; and
a chamber in which the camera is at least partially accommodated, said chamber having an opening toward the external region;
at least one housing component which can at least partially separates the camera chamber from a vehicle interior;
a drive moving the camera between an extended position and a retracted position via a displacement movement, wherein in the retracted position, the camera is located in the camera chamber and the opening is covered, and in the extended position, the camera can capture images of the external region;
electric leads via which at least one of the camera it is supplied with energy, the drive is supplied with energy, and the images captured by the camera are passed on; and
a sealing element composed of a fluid-tight material and arranged in such a way that the sealing element closes off the camera chamber in a fluid-tight fashion with respect to the interior, wherein the sealing element is at least partially composed of a flexible elastic material, and the electric leads can be guided in a fluid-tight fashion through the sealing element, and when the displacement movement of the camera is carried out, the resulting movements of at least one of the electric leads and the camera are absorbed by the sealing element, and the sealing element moves along with the at least one of the electric leads and the camera correspondingly.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a camera device for capturing images of an external region (30) of a vehicle. Said device comprises a camera (10) and a chamber (11) in which the camera (10) can be accommodated at least in part and which has an opening toward the outer region (30). Furthermore, an inner chamber (31), which can comprise in particular areas of the luggage compartment and/or of the passenger compartment, is provided in the vehicle. The invention further comprises at least one housing component (20), which separates the camera space (11) at least in some regions from the inner chamber (31). According to the invention, at least one housing component (20) is provided as a sealing element (21), which consists of a fluid-tight material and which is arranged such that said element seals the camera space (11) in a fluid-tight manner with respect to the inner chamber (31). The sealing element (21) consists at least in part of a flexible, elastic material, wherein the electric cables (14) of the camera (10) and/or of the drive (16), and/or the camera (10) itself, can be guided in a fluid-tight manner through the sealing element (21) and be fixed there. When the camera (10) performs a displacing motion, the movements of the electric cables (14) or of the camera (10) itself caused thereby are absorbed by the sealing element (21), which moves accordingly.
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20 Claims
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1. A camera device for capturing images of an external region of a vehicle, said camera device comprising:
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a camera; and a chamber in which the camera is at least partially accommodated, said chamber having an opening toward the external region; at least one housing component which can at least partially separates the camera chamber from a vehicle interior; a drive moving the camera between an extended position and a retracted position via a displacement movement, wherein in the retracted position, the camera is located in the camera chamber and the opening is covered, and in the extended position, the camera can capture images of the external region; electric leads via which at least one of the camera it is supplied with energy, the drive is supplied with energy, and the images captured by the camera are passed on; and a sealing element composed of a fluid-tight material and arranged in such a way that the sealing element closes off the camera chamber in a fluid-tight fashion with respect to the interior, wherein the sealing element is at least partially composed of a flexible elastic material, and the electric leads can be guided in a fluid-tight fashion through the sealing element, and when the displacement movement of the camera is carried out, the resulting movements of at least one of the electric leads and the camera are absorbed by the sealing element, and the sealing element moves along with the at least one of the electric leads and the camera correspondingly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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4. A camera device for capturing images of an external region of a vehicle, said device comprising;
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a camera; a chamber in which the camera is at least partially accommodated and which has an opening toward the external region; a drive moving the camera between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein in the retracted position, the camera is located in the camera chamber and the opening is covered, and in the extended position, the camera can capture images of the external region through the opening; a fluid-tight housing sealing off the camera chamber from a vehicle interior in a fluid-tight fashion, wherein at least one of the drive and camera does not include at least one of connections and electric leads extending through the housing, wherein energy is supplied to at least one of the camera and drive inductively. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A camera device for capturing images of an external region of a vehicle, said device comprising;
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a camera; a chamber in which the camera is at least partially accommodated and which has an opening toward the external region a drive moving the camera between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein in the retracted position, the camera is located in the camera chamber-and the opening is covered, and in the extended position, the camera can capture images of the external region through the opening; a fluid-tight housing sealing off the camera chamber from a vehicle interior in a fluid-tight fashion, wherein at least one of the drive and camera does not include at least one of connections and electric leads extending through the housing, wherein data transmission to the camera takes place by means of electromagnetic waves. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification