Vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus

• US 9,979,865 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2016
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Koseki, Tomohisa, Otomi, Masashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Mikeska, Neil
• Application Number:
  US14/995,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20160236558A1
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/004 outside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0094 characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/76 Detection of handle operation; Detection of a user approaching a handle; Electrical switching actions performed by door handles
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/18 for car boot lids or rear luggage compartments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus includes: a camera that captures images of an outside of the vehicle; a storage chamber in which the camera is stored; a lid that opens and closes an aperture extending between an inside of the storage chamber and an outside of the storage chamber. Moreover, the vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus further includes an opening switch that is actuated in response to pressure applied to the lid and that sends a signal for opening a door of a luggage compartment of the vehicle when the opening switch is actuated. Thus, the opening switch and the camera can be disposed in a same position of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus that is configured to be mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus comprising:

a camera that captures images of an outside of the vehicle;

a storage chamber in which the camera is stored;

a lid that opens and closes an aperture extending between an inside of the storage chamber and an outside of the storage chamber, the lid moving in a first direction from a closed position to an open position, the lid closing the aperture when in the closed position, the lid opening the aperture when in the open position, the lid being movable in a second direction different from the first direction when the lid is in the closed position; and

an opening switch that is positioned relative to the lid so that the opening switch is actuated in response to movement of the lid in the second direction from the closed position when a manually applied pressure is applied to the lid in the second direction when the lid is in the closed position and that sends a signal for opening a door of a luggage compartment of the vehicle when the opening switch is actuated.

2. The vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a movement mechanism that moves the camera through the aperture.

3. The vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the movement mechanism rotates the camera around a rotation shaft while moving the rotation shaft linearly.

4. The vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a switch knob that causes the opening switch to be actuated by moving in a predetermined direction toward the opening switch, wherein

when the pressure is applied to the lid, the lid presses the switch knob to move the switch knob in the predetermined direction.

5. The vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

a main surface of the lid is surrounded by a main surface of the switch knob.

6. The vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the camera captures images of an area behind the vehicle,

the luggage compartment is a rear luggage compartment of the vehicle, and

the opening switch sends the signal for opening the door of the rear luggage compartment of the vehicle.

7. A vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus that is configured to be mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus comprising:

a camera that captures images of an outside of the vehicle;

a lid that protects the camera, the lid moving in a first direction from a closed position to an open position, the lid covering and protecting the camera when in the closed position, the lid uncovering the camera so that the camera can capture the images of the outside of the vehicle when in the open position, the lid being movable in a second direction different from the first direction when the lid is in the closed position; and

an opening switch that is positioned relative to the lid so that the opening switch is actuated in response to movement of the lid in the second direction from the closed position when a manually applied pressure is applied to the lid in the second direction when the lid is in the closed position and that sends a signal for opening a door of a luggage compartment of the vehicle when the opening switch is actuated.

8. The vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the camera captures images of an area behind the vehicle,

the luggage compartment is a rear luggage compartment of the vehicle, and

the opening switch sends the signal for opening the door of the rear luggage compartment of the vehicle.