Device for an image acquisition system
AssigneeMotherson Innovations Company Limited
InventorPhilipp Hottmann
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Abstract
A device for use with a vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit includes a main body. The main body includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The main body further defines an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end, and a plurality of apertures therethrough between the first end and the second end. The first end of the main body is configured to be disposed at or near the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit. The vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit has a field of view extending through the interior cavity and through the second end to an outside environment surrounding a vehicle.
Claims21
A device for use with a vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit, the device comprising:
- a main body including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the main body further defines:
- an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end;
- a longitudinal axis extending through the interior cavity;
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- a plurality of apertures therethrough between the first end and the second end, each of the plurality of apertures including an aperture axis extending through the aperture, at least one of the aperture axes inclined relative to the longitudinal axis;
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- wherein the first end of the main body is configured to be disposed at or near the vehicle mounted image acquisition unit, the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit having a field of view extending through the interior cavity and through the second end to an outside environment surrounding a vehicle.
An image acquisition system for use with a vehicle, the image acquisition system comprising:
- an image acquisition unit mounted on the vehicle;
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- a device comprising a main body, the main body including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the main body further defines:
- an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end;
- a longitudinal axis extending through the interior cavity;
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- a plurality of apertures therethrough between the first end and the second end, each of the plurality of apertures including an aperture axis extending through the aperture, at least one of the aperture axes inclined relative to the longitudinal axis;
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- wherein the first end of the main body is configured to be disposed at or near the image acquisition unit, the image acquisition unit having a field of view extending through the interior cavity and through the second end to an outside environment surrounding the vehicle.
A device for use with a vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit, the device comprising:
- a main body including a first end, a second end opposite to the first end and a plurality of stepped sections disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the main body further defines:
- an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end;
- a longitudinal axis extending through the interior cavity;
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- a plurality of apertures therethrough between the first end and the second end, each of the plurality of apertures including an aperture axis extending through the aperture, at least one of the aperture axes inclined relative to the longitudinal axis;
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- wherein the first end of the main body is configured to be secured to the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit, the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit having a field of view extending through the interior cavity and through the second end to an outside environment surrounding a vehicle.
A device for use with a vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit, the device comprising:
- a main body including a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, and a plurality of stepped sections disposed on an interior of the device between the first end and the second end, each of the plurality of stepped sections including a step surface, wherein the main body further defines:
- an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end;
- a longitudinal axis extending through the interior cavity;
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- a plurality of apertures therethrough between the first end and the second end, each of the plurality of apertures including an aperture axis extending through the aperture, at least one of the aperture axes inclined relative to at least one of the step surfaces;
- wherein the first end of the main body is configured to be secured to the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit, the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit having a field of view extending through the interior cavity and through the second end to an outside environment surrounding a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.