VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA

• US 20140104427A1
• Filed: 04/24/2012
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Matori, Tadahiro
• Application Number:
  US14/118,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20140104427A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0026 Windows, e.g. windscreen
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/14 interchangeably
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof

Abstract

The vehicle-mounted camera (10) is provided with a camera body part (1) fixed to an inner surface of a front windshield (S), a lens part (2) including a built-in lens which forms an image of a subject light entering from forward through the front windshield (S), and a cover part (3) fixed to the camera body part (1) and supports the lens part (2) swingably in the vertical direction. A first plain surface (5A) formed on a body case (4) of the camera body part (1) and a second plane surface (8A) formed on a lens part case (6) of the lens part (2) contact each other and set an angle of the lens part (2) with respect to the camera body part (1).

Claims

1. A vehicle-mounted camera mounted inside a vehicle interior of the vehicle, comprising:

a camera body part fixed to an inner surface of a windshield; and

a lens part having a built-in lens which forms an image of a subject light entering from forward through the windshield,

wherein a first plane surface formed on the camera body part and a second plane surface formed on the lens part contact, and set an angle of the lens part with respect to the camera body part.

2. The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 1, comprising a cover part fixed to the camera body part and supports the lens part swingably in a vertical direction.

3. The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 2, wherein the lens part is supported swingably at an end part of the cover part

4. The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 3, wherein a swing axis is provided to either one of the end part of the cover part or the lens part, and the other is supported swingably with respect to the swing axis.

5. The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 1, wherein a set angle confirmation mark is provided on an outer surface of the camera body part or the lens part.