Vehicle with a catadioptric camera
First Claim
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1. A vehicle (1) with at least one catadioptric camera (2) fitted on the vehicle (1), which has an optical axis (5) and at least a curved first mirror (6) arranged on the optical axis, wherein the optical axis (5) is inclined by an angle α
- with respect to an upward vertical (9) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it'"'"'s field of view continuously encompasses both a fender (15) of the vehicle and a horizontal (10), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the field of view is bounded by an upper cone (12) with a semivertex angle β
, which is centered on the optical axis (5), the angles α and
β
satisfying the following inequality;
β
<
90°
−
α
.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle (1) comprising at least one catadioptric camera (2), which is mounted on the vehicle and which has an optical axis (5) and at least one first mirror (6) that is arranged on the optical axis. The optical axis (5) of the camera (2) is slanted relative to a vertical (9).
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8 Claims
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1. A vehicle (1) with at least one catadioptric camera (2) fitted on the vehicle (1), which has an optical axis (5) and at least a curved first mirror (6) arranged on the optical axis, wherein the optical axis (5) is inclined by an angle α
- with respect to an upward vertical (9) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it'"'"'s field of view continuously encompasses both a fender (15) of the vehicle and a horizontal (10), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the field of view is bounded by an upper cone (12) with a semivertex angle β
, which is centered on the optical axis (5), the angles α and
β
satisfying the following inequality;
β
<
90°
−
α
. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- with respect to an upward vertical (9) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it'"'"'s field of view continuously encompasses both a fender (15) of the vehicle and a horizontal (10), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the field of view is bounded by an upper cone (12) with a semivertex angle β
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4. A vehicle (1) with at least one catadioptric camera (2) fitted on the vehicle (1), which has an optical axis (5) and at least a curved first mirror (6) arranged on the optical axis, wherein the optical axis (5) is inclined by an angle α
- with respect to an upward vertical (9) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it'"'"'s field of view continuously encompasses both a fender (15) of the vehicle and a horizontal (10), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the field of view of the catadioptric camera (2) is bounded by a lower cone (13) with a semivertex angle χ
, which is centered on the optical axis (5), the semivertex angle χ
being greater than the angle α
.
- with respect to an upward vertical (9) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it'"'"'s field of view continuously encompasses both a fender (15) of the vehicle and a horizontal (10), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the field of view of the catadioptric camera (2) is bounded by a lower cone (13) with a semivertex angle χ
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5. A vehicle (1) with at least one catadioptric camera (2) fitted on the vehicle (1), which has an optical axis (5) and at least a curved first mirror (6) arranged on the optical axis, wherein the optical axis (5) is inclined by an angle α
- with respect to an upward vertical (9) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it'"'"'s field of view continuously encompasses both a fender (15) of the vehicle and a horizontal (10), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the field of view of the catadioptric camera (2) is bounded by a lower cone (13) with a semivertex angle χ
, which is centered on the optical axis (5), the angles χ and
α
satisfying the following inequality;
χ
<
α
+30°
.
- with respect to an upward vertical (9) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it'"'"'s field of view continuously encompasses both a fender (15) of the vehicle and a horizontal (10), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the field of view of the catadioptric camera (2) is bounded by a lower cone (13) with a semivertex angle χ
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6. A vehicle (1) with at least one catadioptric camera (2) fitted on the vehicle (1), which has an optical axis (5) and at least a curved first mirror (6) arranged on the optical axis, wherein the optical axis (5) is inclined by an angle α
- with respect to an upward vertical (9) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it'"'"'s field of view continuously encompasses both a fender (15) of the vehicle and a horizontal (10), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the field of view of a catadioptric camera is bounded by conical blind regions, wherein the incline of the optical axis (5) of the camera (2) with respect to the vertical is maintained such that the camera can also observe spatial regions in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle which would lie in the blind regions of the camera if its optical axis was arranged vertically, and wherein the incline of the optical axis (5) is selected so that the vehicle completely fills up one of the blind regions.
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7. A vehicle (1) with at least one catadioptric camera (2) fitted on the vehicle (1), which has an optical axis (5) and at least a curved first mirror (6) arranged on the optical axis, wherein the optical axis (5) is inclined by an angle α
- with respect to an upward vertical (9) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it'"'"'s field of view continuously encompasses both a fender (15) of the vehicle and a horizontal (10), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the at least one catadioptric camera (2) is retractable so that it is fully retracted and no longer protruded from a surface of the vehicle when it is not needed, and deployable when it is needed.
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