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Vehicle camera assembly

  • US 9,403,491 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2014
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • a vehicle body structure defining a side facing surface outside the vehicle body structure extending from adjacent a front end of the vehicle to adjacent a rear end of the vehicle, an inner facing surface, opposite to the side facing surface, extending from adjacent the front end to adjacent the rear end and a passenger compartment within the vehicle body structure;

    a base member fixedly mounted to the inner facing surface;

    a video camera moveably supported to the base member for linear movement between a retracted orientation adjacent to the side facing surface and an extended orientation extended outward away from the side facing surface to capture a video image of an area outside the vehicle body structure, the video camera being flush with the side facing surface when in the retracted orientation;

    a video display supported to the vehicle body structure such that the video display is visible within the passenger compartment; and

    an image processor operatively coupled to the video camera and the video display to process the video image captured by the video camera and to stream a video view to the video display.

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