Imaging device

• US 10,688,942 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2019
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Furutake, Yasuki, Shimizu, Nobuhisa, Kazama, Takeshi, Kimura, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Perkey, William B
• Application Number:
  US16/426,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20190366942A1
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0026 Windows, e.g. windscreen
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/80 characterised by the intended use of the viewing arrangement

Abstract

In an imaging device mounted in the interior of a vehicle, a camera module is arranged so as to image the area ahead of the vehicle via a windshield. A processing substrate is provided integrally with the camera module and includes a processing part that controls the camera module. When the side on which an incident light receiving face exists in the camera module is defined as camera front and the side opposite to the camera front is defined as camera rear, the whole processing substrate is arranged at the camera rear with respect to the camera module.

Claims

1. An imaging device mounted in the interior of a vehicle, comprising:

a camera module arranged so as to image the area ahead of the vehicle via a windshield; and

a processing substrate provided integrally with the camera module and including a processing part that controls the camera module,

wherein, when the side on which an incident light receiving face exists in the camera module is defined as camera front and the side opposite to the camera front is defined as camera rear, the whole processing substrate is arranged at the camera rear with respect to the camera module.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein

the processing part performs processing for acquiring an image signal from the camera module and externally outputting an image signal obtained by processing the image signal.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein

the processing part performs processing for controlling a light exposure state at the time of imaging by an imager provided in the camera module.

4. The imaging device according claim 1, wherein

the processing part performs processing for image-recognizing an obstacle and a structure within an imaging range based on the image captured by the camera module.

5. The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein

the imaging device, when attached to the inside of the windshield, has a shape along the internal shape of the body of the vehicle, and further comprises a light blocking part which blocks light incident on the processing substrate via the windshield.

6. The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein

a hood which blocks light incident from a lower part of the camera module is arranged at the camera front of and below the camera module.

7. The imaging device according to claim 6, wherein

an electronic mirror is arranged in the lower part of the hood.