Image capture device and vehicle comprising such an image capture device
AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorsOmar Ben Abdelaziz, Amine Ben Mhamed
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Abstract
An image capture device having a housing containing a first image capture apparatus configured to acquire images in a first wavelength range, the first image capture apparatus being a thermal camera or a thermal photographic apparatus, a second image capture apparatus configured to acquire images in a second wavelength range disjoint from the first wavelength range, and an illumination system for emitting radiation in the second wavelength range. The image capture device includes a thermal isolation partition interposed between the first image capture apparatus and the illumination system so as to thermally isolate the first image capture apparatus from the illumination system.
Claims19
An image capture device for capturing images of a scene located within a field of view of the image capture device, wherein the scene located within the field of view of the image capture device is configured to include a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, the image capture device comprising a housing within which are positioned a first image capture apparatus configured to acquire images in a first wavelength range, the first image capture apparatus being a thermal camera or a thermal photographic apparatus, a second image capture apparatus configured to acquire images in a second wavelength range separate from the first wavelength range, and an illumination system comprising at least one radiation source and configured to emit radiation from each radiation source in the second wavelength range, the image capture device further comprising a thermal isolation partition positioned within the housing and interposed between the first image capture apparatus and the illumination system so as to thermally isolate the first image capture apparatus from the illumination system, wherein the thermal isolation partition delimits a first compartment and a second compartment within the housing, the first compartment and the second compartment being thermally isolated from each other by the thermal isolation partition.
A motor vehicle having a passenger compartment, the motor vehicle comprising an image capture device arranged in the motor vehicle for capturing images of a scene located within a field of view of the image capture device, the field of view of the image capture device including the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, the image capture device comprising a housing within which are positioned a first image capture apparatus configured to acquire images in a first wavelength range, the first image capture apparatus being a thermal camera or a thermal photographic apparatus, a second image capture apparatus configured to acquire images in a second wavelength range separate from the first wavelength range, and an illumination system comprising at least one radiation source and configured to emit radiation from each radiation source in the second wavelength range, the image capture device further comprising a thermal isolation partition positioned within the housing and interposed between the first image capture apparatus and the illumination system so as to thermally isolate the first image capture apparatus from the illumination system, wherein the thermal isolation partition delimits a first compartment and a second compartment within the housing, the first compartment and the second compartment being thermally isolated from each other by the thermal isolation partition.
A motor vehicle having a passenger compartment, the motor vehicle comprising an image capture device arranged in the motor vehicle for capturing images of a scene located within a field of view of the image capture device, the field of view of the image capture device including the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, the image capture device comprising a housing comprising a front face facing the field of view of the image capture device, the housing comprising a first image capture apparatus configured to acquire images of the scene from the front face in a first wavelength range, the first image capture apparatus being a thermal camera or a thermal photographic apparatus, a second image capture apparatus configured to acquire images of the scene from the front face in a second wavelength range separate from the first wavelength range, and an illumination system comprising at least one radiation source to illuminate the scene from the front face and configured to emit radiation from each radiation source in the second wavelength range, wherein the front face comprises one or more apertures, with each of the first image capture apparatus, the second image capture apparatus and the illumination system being positioned opposite a related aperture to capture images of the scene through the related aperture or illuminate the scene through the related aperture, the image capture device further comprising a thermal isolation partition positioned within the housing and interposed between the first image capture apparatus and the illumination system so as to thermally isolate the first image capture apparatus from the illumination system, wherein the thermal isolation partition delimits a first compartment and a second compartment within the housing, the first compartment and the second compartment being thermally isolated from each other by the thermal isolation partition.
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