IP Library Granted Patent US 7,825,952
Granted Patent B2
US 7,825,952 · App. 11/260,312 · Granted Nov 2, 2010

Vehicle's peripheral visible apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,825,952
App. No.
11/260,312
Granted
Nov 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle's peripheral visible apparatus includes an image pick-up device being installed on a vehicle. The image pick-up device can picking up, from a position which is horizontally off with respect to an center axis along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, an image of a field of view having the center axis on a center of the field of view. The image pick-up device includes an image pick-up element having a center; and an optical element focusing light ray incident from the field of view on the image pick-up element. The optical element has a center. The image pick-up element is off in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to a center of the optical element, so that a position, on which an image of the center of field of view is focused, moves to the center of the image pick-up element.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle's peripheral visible apparatus comprising:

an image pick-up device being installed on a vehicle, the image pick-up device being capable of picking up, from a position which is horizontally off with respect to an center axis along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, an image of a field of view having the center axis on a center of the field of view,

the image pick-up device including:

an image pick-up element having a center; and

an optical element focusing light ray incident from the field of view on the image pick-up element, the optical element having a center, wherein

the image pick-up element is off in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to a center of the optical element, so that a position, on which an image of the center of field of view is focused, is coming close to the center of the image pick-up element.

2. A vehicle's peripheral visible apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image pick-up element is disposed, so that the position, on which the image of the center of field of view is focused, substantially coincides with the center of the image pick-up element.

3. A vehicle's peripheral visible apparatus comprising:

an image pick-up device being installed on a vehicle, the image pick-up device being capable of picking up, from a position which is horizontally off with respect to an center axis along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, an image of a field of view having the center axis on a center of the field of view,

the image pick-up device including:

an image pick-up element having a center; and

an optical element focusing light ray incident from the field of view on the image pick-up element, the optical element having a center and an optical axis, wherein

the optical element is disposed so that the optical axis of the optical element is substantially parallel to the center axis along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

4. A vehicle's peripheral visible apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the image pick-up element is off in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to a center of the optical element, so that a position, on which an image of the center of field of view is focused, is moving to a center of the image pick-up element.

5. A vehicle's peripheral visible apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the image pick-up element is disposed, so that the position, on which the image of the center of field of view is focused, substantially coincides with the center of the image pick-up element.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2024
From: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 067073/0763 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2024
From: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 067077/0036 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2005
From: ITO, TAKANORI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017153/0256 →