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Vehicle vision system with windshield mounted camera

  • US 9,630,570 B2
  • Filed: 06/13/2016
  • Issued: 04/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vision system for a vehicle, said vision system comprising:

  • a camera module disposed at a windshield of a vehicle;

    wherein said camera module comprises a camera and a circuit board;

    wherein, with said camera module disposed at the windshield, said camera is disposed so as to have a field of view forward of the vehicle and through the windshield of the vehicle;

    wherein said camera comprises an imager and a lens;

    wherein said camera is electrically connected to circuitry established at said circuit board;

    wherein said camera is electrically connected to said circuitry via a flexible electrical connector;

    wherein, with said camera module disposed at the windshield, said circuit board is at a mounting angle relative to the windshield;

    wherein said flexible electrical connector is flexible so as to allow an orientation of said camera to be adjusted relative to said circuit board; and

    wherein, with said camera module disposed at the windshield, said circuit board is angled relative to a principal axis of the field of view of said camera.

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