Device for monitoring the exterior of a motor vehicle

• US 20060250500A1
• Filed: 08/17/2004
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Gloger, Joachim
• Application Number:
  US10/535,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20060250500A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/583 including wiping devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

In a device for the external monitoring of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one camera, it is envisaged that the camera is disposed in the region of a pivot axis of a rear window wiper of the motor vehicle.

Claims

1. A device for monitoring the exterior of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one camera, wherein the camera (11) is disposed in the region of a pivot axis (10) of a rear window wiper (7) of the motor vehicle (1).

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein arranged within a housing part (13) of the rear window wiper (7) there is a tube (14), in which the camera (11) is disposed.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the camera (11) is held rigidly within the tube (14).

4. The device according to claim 2 wherein the camera (11) is connected to a mirror (16) which can be moved relative to the tube (14).

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the mirror (16) can be moved by means of a drive motor (15) driving the rear window wiper (7).

6. The device according to claim 2, wherein the camera (11) is connected to a mirror (16) and can be moved with the same relative to the tube (14).

7. The device according to claim 1 wherein the camera (11) is a panorama camera with a 360°

range of vision.

8. A rear window wiper for a motor vehicle having a device for monitoring the exterior of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one camera, wherein the camera (11) is disposed in the region of a pivot axis (10) of a rear window wiper (7) of the motor vehicle (1).

9. A motor vehicle having a rear window wiper having a device for monitoring the exterior of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one camera, wherein the camera (11) is disposed in the region of a pivot axis (10) of a rear window wiper (7) of the motor vehicle (1).