DEVICE WITH A CAMERA UNIT
First Claim
1. A device with a camera unit used for taking pictures of the outside of a motor vehicle, and a lid element movable via a drive between a closed position, in which the lid element covers an opening of the device, and an open position, in which the lid element exposes the opening;
- wherein in the closed position of the lid element, the camera unit is inaccessible from the outside behind the lid element and in the open position of the lid element pictures can be taken; and
wherein the lid element is an actuating element for the camera unit for moving the camera unit between an idle position and an operating position.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device with a camera unit, serving to take pictures of the outside of a motor vehicle, and a lid element movable via a drive between a closed position, in which the lid element covers an opening of the device and an open position, in which the lid element exposes the opening, wherein in the closed position of the lid element the camera unit is inaccessible from the outside behind the lid element and in the open position of the lid element pictures can be taken. According to the invention provision is made for the lid element to be an actuating element for the camera unit in order to move the camera unit between an idle position and an operating position.
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15 Claims
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1. A device with a camera unit used for taking pictures of the outside of a motor vehicle, and a lid element movable via a drive between a closed position, in which the lid element covers an opening of the device, and an open position, in which the lid element exposes the opening;
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wherein in the closed position of the lid element, the camera unit is inaccessible from the outside behind the lid element and in the open position of the lid element pictures can be taken; and wherein the lid element is an actuating element for the camera unit for moving the camera unit between an idle position and an operating position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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14. A method for actuating a device with a camera unit serving to take pictures of the outside of a motor vehicle, and with a lid element movable via a drive between a closed position, in which the lid element covers an opening of the device, and an open position, in which the lid element exposes the opening, wherein in the closed position of the lid element the camera unit is inaccessible from the outside behind the lid element and in the open position of the lid element pictures can be taken, wherein the drive drives the lid element and in that the lid element moves the camera unit, in particular exclusively, between an idle position and an operating position.
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