Image capture apparatus
AssigneeIsuzu Motors Limited
InventorNaoya Yamane
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Abstract
An image capture apparatus includes: an image capture unit provided at the front of a vehicle and capturing images in front of the vehicle; a cover accommodating the image capture unit and having an opening located in front of a lens of the image capture unit; and a shield portion extending from an edge of the opening toward the inside of the cover and shielding at least part of a region between the edge of the opening and the image capture unit. The shield portion includes: a side rib extending rearward in a front-rear direction of the vehicle from a side edge of the opening in an inner surface of the cover; and a lower rib extending rearward in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from a lower edge of the opening in the inner surface of the cover.
Claims6
An image capture apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of lenses provided at a front of a vehicle and configured to capture an image in the front of the vehicle;
- a cover accommodating the plurality of lenses and having an opening located in a front of a lens of the plurality of lenses;
- and
- a shield portion extending from an edge of the opening toward an inside of the cover, the shield portion shielding at least a part of a region between the edge of the opening and the plurality of lenses,
- wherein the plurality of lenses are adjacent to each other in a vehicle width direction,
- wherein the cover has a plurality of openings located in a front of the plurality of lenses, respectively, and
- wherein the shield portion comprises:
- an inner side rib extending rearward in a front-rear direction of the vehicle from an inner edge, in the vehicle width direction, of the opening at an inner surface of the cover;
- a lower rib extending rearward in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from a lower edge, in a height direction of the vehicle, of the opening at the inner surface of the cover;
- an outer lower rib extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle at a position behind and outside an outer edge, in the vehicle width direction, of the opening at the inner surface of the cover;
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- a rear rib extending upward in the height direction of the vehicle from a rear end of the outer lower rib.
An image capture apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of lenses provided at a front of a vehicle and configured to capture an image in the front of the vehicle;
- a cover accommodating the plurality of lenses and having an opening located in a front of a lens of the plurality of lenses;
- and
- a shield portion extending from an edge of the opening toward an inside of the cover, the shield portion shielding at least a part of a region between the edge of the opening and the plurality of lenses,
- wherein the shield portion comprises:
- a side rib extending rearward in a front-rear direction of the vehicle from a side edge, in a vehicle width direction, of the opening at an inner surface of the cover, the side edge of the opening being located forward of the lens;
- and
- a lower rib extending rearward in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from a lower edge, in a height direction of the vehicle, of the opening at the inner surface of the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.