CAMERA SYSTEM FOR USE IN A VEHICLE AS WELL AS A VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A CAMERA SYSTEM
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Abstract
A camera system for use in a vehicle for simultaneously recognizing rain on its windshield and for monitoring the surroundings, includes: a camera having a camera lens and an image sensor, a mirror system having at least one first mirror and at least one second mirror which are situated in such a way that they define a beam path from a monitored area of the windshield to the first mirror, from there to the second mirror, and from there through the camera lens to a first subarea of the image sensor, the distance along the beam path between the at least one second mirror and the camera lens being smaller than the distance along the beam path between the at least one second mirror and the monitored area.
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19 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. A camera system positioned in a vehicle for simultaneously recognizing rain on a windshield of the vehicle and for monitoring the surroundings of the vehicle, comprising:
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a camera having a camera lens and an image sensor; and a mirror system having at least one first mirror and at least one second mirror which are situated in such a way to define a beam path from a monitored area of the windshield to the first mirror, from the first mirror to the second mirror, and from the second mirror through the camera lens to a first subarea of the image sensor; wherein the distance along the beam path between the at least one second mirror and the camera lens is smaller than the distance along the beam path between the at least one second mirror and the monitored area. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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