Vehicle closure release with attached deployable camera
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1. An apparatus for operating a closure of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a closure release including a contact surface operable to selectively uncouple the closure from the vehicle when contacted by a user, the closure release and the contact surface being rotatable about a pivoting axis relative to the closure when moving between a primary position and a secondary position; and
a camera coupled to the closure release and configured to rotate about the pivoting axis in unison with the closure release and the contact surface when the closure release moves between the primary position and the secondary position;
wherein the camera is stowed when the closure release and the contact surface are in the primary position and deployed when the closure release and the contact surface are in the secondary position.
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Abstract
A closure release for a closure of a vehicle has a camera attached thereto. The closure release is moveable between a primary position and a secondary position. In the primary position, the camera is in a stowed position within the closure and the closure release is in accessible for user operation. In the secondary position, the closure release is moved relative to the closure such that the camera is moved into a deployed position to provide a desired field of view.
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1. An apparatus for operating a closure of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a closure release including a contact surface operable to selectively uncouple the closure from the vehicle when contacted by a user, the closure release and the contact surface being rotatable about a pivoting axis relative to the closure when moving between a primary position and a secondary position; and a camera coupled to the closure release and configured to rotate about the pivoting axis in unison with the closure release and the contact surface when the closure release moves between the primary position and the secondary position; wherein the camera is stowed when the closure release and the contact surface are in the primary position and deployed when the closure release and the contact surface are in the secondary position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for operating a closure of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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activating an actuation mechanism to move a closure release having a contact surface and a camera coupled thereto between a primary position and a secondary position, the closure release, the contact surface and the camera rotating in unison about a pivoting axis relative to the closure when the closure release moves between the primary position and the secondary position, the camera being in a stowed position when the closure release is in the primary position and in a deployed position when the closure release is in the secondary position; contacting the contact surface of the closure release when the closure release is in the primary position to rotate the closure release, the contact surface, and the camera about the pivoting axis, and to decouple the closure from the vehicle at a latch. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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