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IN-VEHICLE CAMERA

  • US 20150042804A1
  • Filed: 03/01/2013
  • Published: 02/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
  • Status: Active Application
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1. An in-vehicle camera, comprising:

  • a bracket to be attached to an inner surface of a windshield; and

    an in-vehicle camera body having a lens and fixed to the bracket,wherein;

    the bracket has an attachment portion and a mounting portion, the attachment portion being attached to the windshield, the mounting portion supporting the in-vehicle camera body under the attachment portion;

    the in-vehicle camera body has a facing portion, a projection portion and a light-blocking portion, the facing portion being disposed under the attachment portion when the in-vehicle camera body is fixed to the bracket, the projection portion having a step projecting upward from the facing portion, the lens being provided to the projection portion, the light-blocking portion forming an inhibition space including at least a defined space defined by an angle of field of the in-vehicle camera body through the lens in a space between the lens and the windshield, the light-blocking portion configured to block light from the outside of the inhibition space entering to the inside of the inhibition space; and

    the attachment portion has a first cut-out portion forming a space along the windshield above the projection portion when the in-vehicle camera body is fixed to the bracket.

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