Vehicle with a camera to capture an image of an external environment
A vehicle includes a front window and a camera disposed on a cabin side of the front window to capture an image of an external environment through the front window. The front window includes: a first window panel fitted into a window frame of a vehicle body; and a second window panel formed as a separate member from the first window panel and disposed in an area including a region inside a field of view of the camera. The second window panel has different properties from the first window panel.
1 . A vehicle, comprising a front window and a camera disposed on a cabin side of the front window to capture an image of an external environment through the front window,
wherein the front window comprises:
a first window panel fitted into a window frame of a vehicle body; and
a second window panel formed as a separate member from the first window panel and disposed in an area including a region inside a field of view of the camera,
and wherein the second window panel has different properties from the first window panel,
the vehicle further comprising a holding member that holds the camera to fix the camera to the vehicle body,
wherein the second window panel is united with the first window panel together with the holding member, and
the holding member is directly fixed to each of the first window panel and the second window panel.
2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the second window panel has different light transmission properties from the first window panel.
3 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first window panel has a low transmittance of light at specific wavelengths, and
the second window panel has a high transmittance of light at the specific wavelengths.
4 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a filling member closing a gap between the first window panel and the second window panel.
5 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising, as the holding member, a first holding member fixed to the first window panel and a second holding member fixed to the second window panel,
wherein the first holding member and the second holding member are joined and fixed to each other so that the first window panel and the second window panel are united with each other.
6 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein light shielding layers are formed on a part of the first window panel adjacent to the second window panel and a part of the second window panel excluding the region inside the field of view.