IP Library Granted Patent US 9,517,734
Granted Patent B2
US 9,517,734 · App. 14/227,716 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Camera for a vehicle and vehicle having the camera

Inventors: Ulrich Seger (Leonberg-Warmbronn, DE); Nikolai Bauer (Moeglingen, DE); Christian Hoellt (Schoeneck, DE)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
B60R11/04G02B17/086G02B27/0101G03B29/00B60R2011/0026B60R2300/10G02B2027/0138
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,517,734
App. No.
14/227,716
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera for a vehicle, the camera including: an image sensor; and a camera lens system for imaging a coverage region on the image sensor; the camera lens system having at least one lens; and the camera lens system and the image sensor determining an optical axis of the camera. In this connection, The camera lens system further includes a nonplanar reflector element which deflects the optical axis of the camera.

Claims (4)

1. A camera system, comprising:

a camera for positioning inside a vehicle with the aid of a camera mounting support and being provided to image a coverage region situated outside of the vehicle, through a window of the vehicle, the camera including an image sensor, a camera lens system for imaging a coverage region on the image sensor, the camera lens system having at least one lens, the camera lens system and the image sensor determining an optical axis of the camera, and wherein the camera lens system further includes a nonplanar reflector element, which deflects the optical axis of the camera;

wherein a beam waist or an inversion point being formed in the optical path between the camera and the vehicle window or in the vehicle window, wherein the optical axis of the camera is subdivided by the reflector element of the camera into a first and second partial axes situated at an angle not equal to 180°, of which the second partial axis runs through the windshield, the beam waist being formed in the second partial axis.

2. The camera system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the window is a windshield of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2014
From: SEGER, ULRICH; BAUER, NIKOLAI; HOELLT, CHRISTIAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 033583/0494 →
Continuity (1)
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