IP Library Granted Patent US 8,077,295
Granted Patent B2
US 8,077,295 · App. 12/597,295 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

Distance measurement device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,077,295
App. No.
12/597,295
Granted
Dec 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A distance measurement device having better measurement accuracy than conventional distance measurement devices. A stereo camera ( 1 ) has a camera stay ( 4 ) to be secured to a housing ( 12 ) of a vehicle and also has a pair of cameras ( 2, 3 ) mounted on the camera stay ( 4 ). The camera stay ( 4 ) has an installation section ( 4 a ) located between the pair of cameras ( 2, 3 ) and to be mounted on the housing of the vehicle via fixation sections ( 6, 7, 8 ). The installation section ( 4 a ) is movable in the direction of a base line interconnecting the cameras ( 2, 3 ).

Claims (7)

1. A distance measurement device for measuring distance to an object, comprising:

a securing body to be secured to a housing; and

a pair of distance measuring means for measuring distance provided on the securing body, wherein

the securing body comprises an installation section that is located between the pair of distance measuring means and is to be mounted on the housing, and

the installation section is movable only in a direction of a line that interconnects the pair of distance measuring means.

2. The distance measurement device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the distance measuring means is an imaging device for taking an image of an object.

3. The distance measurement device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the installation section has resilient hinges.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066595/0839 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2024
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066644/0600 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2009
From: INAGAKI, TATSUHIKO; UCHIYAMA, HIROO; MATSUSHIMA, YUKIHIRO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023621/0298 →