Panoramic rear viewing system
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1. In an automatic vehicle, a panoramic rear viewing system comprising:
- plural fiber optic bundles having light input ends and light output ends;
lockable swivel means mounting said light input ends on said vehicle at spaced apart locations for view in different generally rearwardly facing generally adjoining azimuthal sectors;
said light output ends lying horizontally spaced apart in a horizontally elongated viewing area within said vehicle; and
a transparent plate of varying thickness in front of said viewing area, the thickness of said plate being varied to form plural horizontally spaced apart magnifying lens means in register with said respective light output ends.
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Abstract
A panoramic rear viewing system for an automotive vehicle includes plural fiber optic bundles having input ends mounted behind lenses in swivel mounts at various positions around the periphery of the roof of the vehicle for viewing in adjoining rearward azimuthal sectors. The output ends of the fiber optic bundles are located in a side by side array behind a similar array of magnifying lenses within view of the driver for combining the sector images carried by the bundles into a panoramic view.
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1. In an automatic vehicle, a panoramic rear viewing system comprising:
- plural fiber optic bundles having light input ends and light output ends;
lockable swivel means mounting said light input ends on said vehicle at spaced apart locations for view in different generally rearwardly facing generally adjoining azimuthal sectors;
said light output ends lying horizontally spaced apart in a horizontally elongated viewing area within said vehicle; and
a transparent plate of varying thickness in front of said viewing area, the thickness of said plate being varied to form plural horizontally spaced apart magnifying lens means in register with said respective light output ends.
- plural fiber optic bundles having light input ends and light output ends;
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Current AssigneeLawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
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Original AssigneeLawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
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InventorsSteinacher, Ken
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Primary Examiner(s)Corbin, John K.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Levy, Stewart
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Application NumberUS05/588,036Time in Patent Office482 DaysField of Search350/96 BC, 350/96 C, 350/96 B, 350/304, 350/167, 350/31US Class Current385/119CPC Class CodesB60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangement...B60R 2300/8066 for monitoring rearward tra...G02B 6/04 formed by bundles of fibres...
