Retractable camera for vehicle
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A retractable camera mounted to a rear or front side of a vehicle, comprising:
- a mount fixed to said front or rear of said vehicle;
a rotating arm rotatably connected to said mount; and
a camera rotatably connected to said retractable arm;
wherein said rotating arm has a furtherest range of motion between two extremes;
a first extreme substantially parallel to said rear or said front of said vehicle, anda second extreme substantially perpendicular to said rear or said front of said vehicle.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A front or rear camera on a rotating arm where rotation of the camera is coupled to movement of the rotating arm such that when the rotating arm is against the front or rear of the car (parallel thereto) the camera points away from the vehicle. When the arm is rotated away from the car, the camera rotates towards the car pointing to one of a left blinker, right blinker, or license plate. This can be controlled via a manual switch in the car which rotates one or both of the camera and rotating arm or automatically as a function of placing the car in reverse or using a turn signal, such as by way of acting on output from a car'"'"'s diagnostic port.
-
Citations
17 Claims
-
1. A retractable camera mounted to a rear or front side of a vehicle, comprising:
-
a mount fixed to said front or rear of said vehicle; a rotating arm rotatably connected to said mount; and a camera rotatably connected to said retractable arm; wherein said rotating arm has a furtherest range of motion between two extremes; a first extreme substantially parallel to said rear or said front of said vehicle, and a second extreme substantially perpendicular to said rear or said front of said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 16)
-
-
4. A retractable camera mounted to a rear or front side of a vehicle, comprising:
-
a mount fixed to said front or rear of said vehicle; a rotating arm rotatably connected to said mount; and a camera rotatably connected to said retractable arm; wherein a switch inside an interior of said vehicle is electrically coupled with said rotating arm which, when utilized, causes one of the following three configurations to be carried out; a said rotating arm is fully retracted substantially perpendicular to a front or rear side of said car and said camera points away from and in an opposite direction from said car; b said rotating arm is substantially perpendicular to said rear or said front side of said car and said camera points substantially towards a left blinker; and c said rotating arm is substantially perpendicular to said rear or said front side of said car and said camera points substantially towards a right blinker. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A retractable camera system comprising:
-
a visual output within an interior of said vehicle within a frame of view of a driver of said vehicle; a camera mounted to a rear or front of said vehicle on a rotating arm such that when said rotating arm is rotated away from said vehicle, a frame of view of said camera includes a blinker of said vehicle which is, in turn, shown on said visual output. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
-
Specification