Vehicle vision system with camera module mounting bracket
First Claim
1. A vehicle vision system comprising:
- a bracket, wherein said bracket comprises a base portion configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vision system;
wherein said bracket includes a camera module attachment portion and at least one of (i) a rain sensor attachment portion and (ii) an interior rearview mirror assembly attachment portion;
wherein said camera module attachment portion of said bracket comprises a generally U-shaped construction having a pair of spaced apart legs extending from said base portion, and wherein each of said legs has at least one camera attaching element;
wherein, with said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said spaced apart legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket extend downwardly from said base portion and along the in-cabin surface of the windshield;
wherein, with said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, a camera module is mountable to said camera module attachment portion of said bracket, and wherein said camera module comprises a camera having an image sensor array and a lens;
wherein, with said camera module mounted to said camera module attachment portion, said camera module is disposed at least partially between said legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket, and wherein said camera module comprises a pair of bracket attaching elements that engage said camera attaching elements of said legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket when said camera module is mounted to said camera module attachment portion of said bracket;
a stray light shield configured to attach at one of said camera module and said bracket, wherein, when said camera module is mounted at said camera module attachment portion of said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said stray light shield shields said image sensor array from light emanating from within the cabin of the equipped vehicle; and
wherein, at least when said camera module is mounted at said camera module attachment portion of said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said stray light shield is disposed at said camera module and said lens views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle via a pocket of said stray light shield.
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Abstract
A vehicle vision system includes a bracket having an attachment portion configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield. The bracket includes a camera module attachment portion and at least one of (i) a rain sensor attachment portion and (ii) an interior rearview mirror assembly attachment portion. With the bracket attached at the windshield, a camera module is mountable to the bracket. When the camera module is mounted at the bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, a stray light shield shields the image sensor array of the camera module from light emanating from within the vehicle cabin. At least when the camera module is mounted at the bracket attached at the windshield, the stray light shield is disposed at the camera module and a lens of the camera module views via the pocket through the windshield of the vehicle.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A vehicle vision system comprising:
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a bracket, wherein said bracket comprises a base portion configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vision system; wherein said bracket includes a camera module attachment portion and at least one of (i) a rain sensor attachment portion and (ii) an interior rearview mirror assembly attachment portion; wherein said camera module attachment portion of said bracket comprises a generally U-shaped construction having a pair of spaced apart legs extending from said base portion, and wherein each of said legs has at least one camera attaching element; wherein, with said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said spaced apart legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket extend downwardly from said base portion and along the in-cabin surface of the windshield; wherein, with said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, a camera module is mountable to said camera module attachment portion of said bracket, and wherein said camera module comprises a camera having an image sensor array and a lens; wherein, with said camera module mounted to said camera module attachment portion, said camera module is disposed at least partially between said legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket, and wherein said camera module comprises a pair of bracket attaching elements that engage said camera attaching elements of said legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket when said camera module is mounted to said camera module attachment portion of said bracket; a stray light shield configured to attach at one of said camera module and said bracket, wherein, when said camera module is mounted at said camera module attachment portion of said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said stray light shield shields said image sensor array from light emanating from within the cabin of the equipped vehicle; and wherein, at least when said camera module is mounted at said camera module attachment portion of said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said stray light shield is disposed at said camera module and said lens views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle via a pocket of said stray light shield. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle vision system comprising:
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a bracket, wherein said bracket comprises a base portion configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vision system; wherein said bracket includes a camera module attachment portion; wherein said camera module attachment portion of said bracket comprises a generally U-shaped construction having a pair of spaced apart legs extending from said base portion, and wherein each of said legs has at least one camera attaching element; wherein said legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket extend downwardly from said base portion and along the in-cabin surface of the windshield when said base portion of said bracket is attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield of the equipped vehicle; wherein, with said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, a camera module is mountable to said camera module attachment portion of said bracket, and wherein said camera module comprises a camera having an image sensor array and a lens; wherein, with said camera module mounted to said camera module attachment portion, said camera module is disposed at least partially between said legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket, and wherein said camera module comprises a pair of bracket attaching elements that engage said camera attaching elements of said legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket when said camera module is mounted to said camera module attachment portion of said bracket; a stray light shield configured to attach at one of said camera module and said bracket, wherein, when said camera module is mounted at said camera module attachment portion of said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said stray light shield shields said image sensor array from light emanating from within the cabin of the equipped vehicle; wherein, at least when said camera module is mounted at said camera module attachment portion of said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said stray light shield is disposed at said camera module and said lens views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle via a pocket of said stray light shield; and wherein said base portion of said bracket comprises at least one of (i) a rain sensor attachment portion for mounting a rain sensor thereat and (ii) an interior rearview mirror assembly attachment portion for mounting an interior rearview mirror assembly thereat. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle vision system comprising:
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a bracket, wherein said bracket comprises a base portion configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said vision system; wherein said bracket includes a camera module attachment portion; wherein said camera module attachment portion of said bracket comprises a generally U-shaped construction having a pair of spaced apart legs extending from said base portion, and wherein each of said legs has at least one camera attaching element; wherein said legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket extend downwardly from said base portion and along the in-cabin surface of the windshield when said bracket is attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield of the equipped vehicle; wherein, with said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, a camera module is mountable to said camera module attachment portion of said bracket, and wherein said camera module comprises a camera having an image sensor array and a lens; wherein said camera attaching elements of said legs of said camera module attachment portion of said bracket comprise receiving portions and wherein bracket attaching elements of said camera module comprise protrusions, and wherein said protrusions of said camera module are received at said receiving portions of said legs when said camera module is mounted to said camera module attachment portion of said bracket; a stray light shield configured to attach at one of said camera module and said bracket, wherein, when said camera module is mounted at said camera module attachment portion of said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said stray light shield shields said image sensor array from light emanating from within the cabin of the equipped vehicle; wherein, at least when said camera module is mounted at said camera module attachment portion of said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, said stray light shield is disposed at said camera module and said lens views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle via a pocket of said stray light shield; wherein said base portion of said bracket comprises (i) a rain sensor attachment portion for mounting a rain sensor thereat and (ii) an interior rearview mirror assembly attachment portion for mounting an interior rearview mirror assembly thereat; wherein, with said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, the rain sensor is mountable to said rain sensor attachment portion of said bracket; and wherein, with said bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, the interior rearview mirror assembly is mountable to said interior rearview mirror assembly attachment portion of said bracket. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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