Device and method for directing radiation in the direction of an optical element of an image sensing device of a vehicle
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1. A camera device of a vehicle, comprising:
- a camera arrangement, including;
a camera housing;
an image sensor; and
an optical element contained in the camera housing;
wherein the camera housing includes;
(i) a central area for guiding at least one portion of a first incident radiation to the optical element; and
(ii) at least one border area for directing at least one portion of at least one second incident radiation onto the optical element, the at least one second incident radiation running one of in an opposite direction or at an obtuse angle with respect to the first incident radiation,wherein the central area is transparent or mirrored and the at least one border area is mirrored or transparent, andwherein the camera arrangement is configured to be positioned so as to face the front windshield in the vehicle to provide to the image sensor a forward-looking exterior view via the central area or the at least one bordered area and to provide to the image sensor a rearward-looking interior view via the at least one bordered area or the central area.
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Abstract
A device for directing radiation in the direction of an optical element of an image sensing device of a vehicle. The device includes a central area for directing at least one portion of a first incident radiation onto the optical element. The device also includes at least one border area for directing at least one portion of at least one second incident radiation onto the optical element. The at least one second incident radiation runs in the opposite direction or at an obtuse angle with respect to the first incident radiation.
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1. A camera device of a vehicle, comprising:
a camera arrangement, including; a camera housing; an image sensor; and an optical element contained in the camera housing; wherein the camera housing includes;
(i) a central area for guiding at least one portion of a first incident radiation to the optical element; and
(ii) at least one border area for directing at least one portion of at least one second incident radiation onto the optical element, the at least one second incident radiation running one of in an opposite direction or at an obtuse angle with respect to the first incident radiation,wherein the central area is transparent or mirrored and the at least one border area is mirrored or transparent, and wherein the camera arrangement is configured to be positioned so as to face the front windshield in the vehicle to provide to the image sensor a forward-looking exterior view via the central area or the at least one bordered area and to provide to the image sensor a rearward-looking interior view via the at least one bordered area or the central area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A camera system for sensing a first incident radiation from a direction of a windshield of a vehicle and at least one second incident radiation from a direction of an interior of the vehicle, comprising:
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a housing; an image sensing device contained in the housing for sensing optical information of a first incident radiation and optical information of at least one second incident radiation; and an optical element contained in the housing for directing the first incident radiation and the at least one second incident radiation to the image sensing device; wherein the housing includes (i) a first central area for guiding at least one portion of the first incident radiation to the optical element, and (ii) at least one border area for directing at least one portion of the at least one second incident radiation onto the optical element, the at least one second incident radiation running one of in an opposite direction or at an obtuse angle with respect to the first incident radiation, wherein the central area is transparent or mirrored and the at least one border area is mirrored or transparent, and wherein the camera arrangement is configured to be positioned so as to face the front windshield in the vehicle to provide to the image sensor a forward-looking exterior view via the central area or the at least one bordered area and to provide to the image sensor a rearward-looking interior view via the at least one bordered area or the central area.
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9. A method for directing multiple radiations in a direction of an optical element contained in a housing of a camera device, having an image sensor, of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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guiding, via a first central area of the housing, at least one portion of a first incident radiation to the optical element and the image sensor; and directing, via at least one border area of the housing, at least one portion of at least one second incident radiation onto the optical element and the image sensor, the at least one second incident radiation running one of in an opposite direction or at an obtuse angle with respect to the first incident radiation, wherein the central area is transparent or mirrored and the at least one border area is mirrored or transparent, and wherein the camera arrangement is configured to be positioned so as to face the front windshield in the vehicle to provide to the image sensor a forward-looking exterior view via the central area or the at least one bordered area and to provide to the image sensor a rearward-looking interior view via the at least one bordered area or the central area.
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