MONITORING DEVICE OF POWER LINE AND CAMERA

• US 20150210215A1
• Filed: 01/28/2014
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chih-Yung Chuang
• Original Assignee: Chih-Yung Chuang
• Inventors: CHUANG, CHIH-YUNG
• Granted Patent: US 9,302,620 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/406 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A monitoring device of power line and camera mounted on a vehicle comprises single power line integrated power supply and signal that simplify the complexity of wiring for easy installation and maintenance, reducing costs. When a camera captures an image signal, the power line generates carrier wave for the image signal as a radio frequency signal being transmitted to a wired cable line and then to the screen host.

Claims

1. A monitoring device of power line and camera mounted on a vehicle, comprising:

a cable line installed within the vehicle, and electrically connected to a power system of the vehicle to form a first power line;

a first camera located at a periphery of the vehicle to capture a first image signal;

a radio frequency transmitter having an input end electrically connected to the first camera and an output end electrically connected to the first power line, and the first image signal transmitted to the first power line by the radio frequency transmitter;

a screen host located in the vehicle to display the first image signal; and

a radio frequency receiver having an input end electrically connected to the first power line and an output end electrically connected to the screen host, and the first power line as a medium receiving the first image signal from the radio frequency transmitter and transmitting the signal to the screen host;

whereby the first power line generates carrier wave for the first image signal as a radio frequency signal being transmitted to the wired cable line and then to the screen host.

2. The monitoring device of power line and camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first camera is arranged at a rear end of the vehicle.

3. The monitoring device of power line and camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio frequency transmitter is electrically connected to a second camera to capture a second image signal, and the second camera is embedded in a rearview mirror of the vehicle.

4. The monitoring device of power line and camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power line is electrically connected to a second power line, and the second power line is electrically connected to a driving video recorder.

5. The monitoring device of power line and camera as claimed in claim 4, wherein the driving video recorder is electrically connected to a third camera which captures a third image signal, and the third camera is arranged in a front end of the vehicle.

6. The monitoring device of power line and camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio frequency transmitter has a first circuit module, and the first circuit module has a modulator, a first oscillator, a first operational amplifier, and a first capacitor;

the first image signal or second image signal is modulated into high frequency signal by the modulator, transmitted to the first oscillator to produce periodic sinusoidal wave signal, and then amplified by the first operational amplifier to be transmitted to the first capacitor for signal coupling, and finally the signal is transmitted to the first power line.

7. The monitoring device of power line and camera as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first power line in parallel is electrically connected to a first pulse-width modulation and second pulse-width modulation to control voltage and supply power for the first camera or second camera, and the first circuit module.

8. The monitoring device of power line and camera as claimed in claim 7, wherein the radio frequency receiver has a second circuit module, and the second circuit module has a demodulator, a frequency mixer, a second oscillator, a surface filter, a second operational amplifier, a third operational amplifier, a forth operational amplifier, and a second capacitor;

the high frequency signal is transmitted to the first power line and the second capacitor for signal coupling, amplified by the second operational amplifier, and then transmitted to the second oscillator to produce periodic sinusoidal wave signal;

at the same time, the amplified signal and sinusoidal wave signal are mixed by the frequency mixer to form intermediate frequency signal;

the signal is amplified by the third operational amplifier, transmitted to the surface filter for noise filtering, and then amplified by the forth operational amplifier to be transmitted to the demodulator for the intermediate frequency signal being demodulated into the first image signal or second image signal, and finally the signal is transmitted to the screen host.

9. The monitoring device of power line and camera as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first power line in parallel is electrically connected to a third pulse-width modulation and forth pulse-width modulation to control voltage and supply power for the screen host, and the second circuit module.

10. The monitoring device of power line and camera as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first power line further has a first cable connector and second cable connector.