Device for checking lateral views at front/rear ends of vehicle
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1. A device for checking lateral views at front/rear ends of a vehicle comprising:
- image pickup means having a light path altering assembly and an image sensor and disposed at a front or rear end of a vehicle, the light path altering assembly constructed and arranged for the image sensor to receive image information of areas on the right and left of the vehicle by way of the light path altering assembly and to receive directly image information of an area ahead of the image sensor through a gap in the light path altering assembly formed along an extension of an axial line of the image sensor; and
display means provided in a room of the vehicle for displaying the image information taken into the image sensor.
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A device for checking lateral views at front/rear ends of a vehicle comprises an image pickup unit having a light path altering assembly and an image sensor and disposed at a front or rear end of a vehicle, for taking into the image sensor image information of areas on the right and left of the vehicle by way of the light path altering assembly and image information of an area ahead of the image sensor through a gap formed along an extension of an axial line of the image sensor; and a display unit provided in a room of the vehicle, for displaying the image information taken into the image sensor.
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1. A device for checking lateral views at front/rear ends of a vehicle comprising:
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image pickup means having a light path altering assembly and an image sensor and disposed at a front or rear end of a vehicle, the light path altering assembly constructed and arranged for the image sensor to receive image information of areas on the right and left of the vehicle by way of the light path altering assembly and to receive directly image information of an area ahead of the image sensor through a gap in the light path altering assembly formed along an extension of an axial line of the image sensor; and display means provided in a room of the vehicle for displaying the image information taken into the image sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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