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SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE

  • US 20170274824A1
  • Filed: 06/12/2017
  • Published: 09/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A surveillance apparatus for a dump truck having a plurality of rear wheels connected to an axle and having a frame on which a vessel for loading substances is mounted and which is configured to be tilted up and down, comprising:

  • a lamp unit mounted to a rear end position of the frame at a position under the vessel;

    an underneath camera installed at a position above the lamp unit, above the axle connected to the rear wheels, underneath the vessel, and between a rear end of the rear wheels and the axle, the underneath camera positioned to have an angle of view that includes a part of the rear end of the axle connected to the rear wheels, and the underneath camera configured to capture a rearward camera image in a rearward direction of the dump truck with an optical axis directed in an obliquely downward direction, where the rearward camera image includes the part of the rear end of the axle and the rear wheels; and

    a display device provided in a cab of the dump truck to show the rearward camera image taken by the underneath camera.

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