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US 11,029,583 B2Granted
Adjustable camera mount for a vehicle windshield
AssigneeMobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
InventorGideon Stein
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Abstract
A camera mount for mounting a camera inside a windshield of a vehicle. The camera includes a lens mount and a camera housing. The front tip of the lens mount is constrained to be in close proximity to or constrained to contact the inside of the windshield for different rake angles of the windshield.
Claims19
A camera mount for mounting a camera, the camera mount comprising:
- a lens attached to a camera body;
- and
- a pin configured to attach to the camera body at a first connection point of a fixed element mountable on a windshield, to constrain the lens relative to the windshield for different rake angles of the windshield, wherein:
- the pin is positioned through a tilt rotation axis between the lens and the windshield;
- the camera body is configured to attach, at a second connection point of the fixed element, to the fixed element mountable on the windshield;
- and
- the first connection point is separate from the second connection point.
4 more elements
A method for mounting a camera, the method comprising:
- providing a tilt rotation axis between a lens of the camera and a windshield using a pin attached to a body of the camera and positioned through the tilt rotation axis;
- and
- constraining, by the attached pin at a first connection point of a fixed element mountable on the windshield, the lens relative to the windshield for different rake angles of the windshield, wherein:
- the pin is positioned through a tilt rotation axis between the lens and the windshield;
- the camera body is configured to attach, at a second connection point of the fixed element, to the fixed element mountable on the windshield;
- and
- the first connection point is separate from the second connection point.
4 more elements
A camera mount for mounting a camera, the camera mount comprising:
- a lens attached to a camera body;
- an arc-shaped support configured to touch and attach to a windshield and to hold the camera mount between the arc-shaped support and the windshield;
- and
- a fastener configured to attach the camera body to the arc-shaped support,
- wherein the arc-shaped support provides a tilt rotation axis between the lens and a windshield,
- wherein the arc-shaped support constrains the lens relative to the windshield for different rake angles of the windshield, and
- wherein at least a portion of the lens is further constrained to contact the windshield during adjustment of the camera body.
4 more elements
A method for mounting a camera, the method comprising:
- providing a tilt rotation axis between a lens of the camera and a windshield using an arc-shaped support attached to a body of the camera via a fastener, wherein the arc-shaped support is configured to touch and attach to the windshield and to hold the camera lens between the arc-shaped support and the windshield;
- constraining the lens relative to the windshield for different rake angles of the windshield using the arc-shaped support, and
- inserting the fastener through a slot in the arc-shaped support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.