Camera mirror system with outside air temperature sensor
AssigneeStoneridge Electronics AB
InventorsNathan Hodge, Jacob Biederman, Susan Kolinski
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Abstract
A camera arm for vehicle camera mirror system includes, among other things, a fixed housing portion that has a mounting bracket configured to secure the camera arm to a vehicle, a pivotable housing portion that is rotatably supported on the fixed housing portion by a pivot assembly, a camera that is arranged within the pivotable housing portion and configured to capture a view in relation to the vehicle, and a temperature sensor that is arranged within the fixed housing portion and configured to detect an temperature exterior to the vehicle.
Claims11
A camera system, comprising:
- a camera arm including a fixed housing portion having a mounting bracket configured to secure the camera arm to a vehicle, the mounting bracket provides a mounting surface, and the camera arm has a terminal end opposite the mounting surface, the camera arm extends a distance from the mounting surface to the terminal end;
- a camera arranged within the camera arm and configured to capture a view in relation to the vehicle, wherein the camera arm is without a mirror;
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- a temperature sensor arranged in the camera arm within one third of the distance from the mounting surface, the temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature exterior to the vehicle.
The camera system of 6, wherein the vehicle electronics system includes a driver information system arranged near a steering wheel, and the first and second displays are respective arranged at driver and passenger side A-pillars.
A camera arm for vehicle camera mirror system, comprising:
- a fixed housing portion having a mounting bracket configured to secure the camera arm to a vehicle, wherein the camera arm is without a mirror, wherein the mounting bracket provides a mounting surface;
- a pivotable housing portion rotatably supported on the fixed housing portion by a pivot assembly, the pivotable housing portion provides a terminal end of the camera arm opposite the mounting surface, the camera arm extends a distance from the mounting surface to the terminal end;
- a camera arranged within the pivotable housing portion and configured to capture a view in relation to the vehicle;
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- a temperature sensor located within one third of the distance from the mounting surface and configured to detect a temperature exterior to the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.