STRAY LIGHT OR SUN SHIELD FOR A CAMERA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20110261462A1
• Filed: 01/21/2009
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Dudeck, Ingo, Hahn, Stefan, Seekircher, Juergen
• Application Number:
  US12/863,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20110261462A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/601
• 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

Abstract

The invention relates to an anisotropic stray light or sun screen for a camera in a motor vehicle, wherein this sun screen shields the camera lens from stray light coming from the vehicle interior or is reflected by a window of the vehicle. The sun screen is thereby however designed in such a manner that a vehicle occupant can see the surroundings of the vehicle through the shield.

Claims

1. A stray light screen for a camera in a motor vehicle, wherein the camera is oriented to a window of the motor vehicle and detects the surroundings of the motor vehicle through the window, and wherein a screen for minimizing the effect of stray light on the camera lens is arranged at least in the region between the camera lens and the window,

wherein the screen has a direction-dependant different (anisotropic) optical property at least in a partial region, in such a manner that the screen shields the camera lens from light from the interior of the motor vehicle, in particular from light that is reflected by the window towards the camera lens, and wherein the screen is optically transparent for light from the surroundings of the vehicle to the extent that at least one occupant of the motor vehicle can optically perceive the surroundings of the vehicle through the screen.

2. The stray light screen according to claim 1, wherein the direction-dependant different optical property of the partial region is realized by integrating a semi-transparent mirror into the screen.

3. The stray light screen according to claim 1, wherein the direction-dependant different optical property of the partial region is realized by integrating an opening or disk provided with a polarization filter into the screen.

4. The stray light screen according to claim 1, wherein the direction-dependant different optical property of the partial region is realized by introducing an anisotropic louver into the screen.

5. The stray light screen according to claim 1, wherein the direction-dependant different optical property of the partial region is realized by introducing channel-shaped apertures into the screen.

6. The stray light screen according to claim 4, wherein the openings in the louver or the channel-shaped apertures are arranged with the same distance or in a regular pattern with regard to each other.

7. The stray light screen according to claim 4, wherein the channels are aligned in the direction of the eye of the at least one occupant.

8. The stray light screen according to claim 7, wherein the channels are arranged in parallel to each other.

9. The stray light screen according to claim 7, wherein the channels are arranged with a different angle to each other.

10. The stray light screen according to claim 5, wherein the channel-shaped apertures are realized by means of a lamellar structure.

11. The stray light screen according to claim 10, wherein the lamellar structure or individual lamellae are designed to be adjustable manner in their alignment.