Camera monitor system with self-cleaning articulating camera wing
AssigneeStoneridge Electronics AB
InventorsGabriel Lepage, Troy Cooprider, Banuprakash Murthy
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Abstract
A camera arm for a camera monitor system (CMS) includes a base that is configured to be secured to a vehicle, and the base includes a wiper. A pivoting arm is mounted on the base at a joint. An actuator is configured to articulate the pivoting arm relative to the base with the joint. A camera assembly is provided in the pivoting arm and configured to face rearward with the base secured to the vehicle. Articulation of the joint is configured to move the pivoting arm between a deployed position and a stowed position, and the articulation of the joint moves the camera assembly across the wiper in a sliding direction as the pivoting arm moves between the deployed and stowed positions.
Claims17
A camera arm for a camera monitor system (CMS), comprising:
- a base configured to be secured to a vehicle, the base includes a wiper;
- a pivoting arm mounted on the base at a joint;
- an actuator configured to articulate the pivoting arm relative to the base with the joint;
- a camera assembly provided in the pivoting arm and configured to face rearward with the base secured to the vehicle;
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- wherein articulation of the joint is configured to move the pivoting arm between a deployed position and a stowed position, and the articulation of the joint moves the camera assembly across the wiper in a sliding direction only as the pivoting arm moves from the stowed position to the deployed position, and continued articulation of the joint rotates the pivoting arm in a rotational direction to the deployed position, wherein the sliding direction is different than the rotation direction.
A camera arm for a camera monitor system (CMS), comprising:
- a base configured to be secured to a vehicle, the base includes a wiper;
- a pivoting arm mounted on the base at a joint;
- an actuator configured to articulate the pivoting arm relative to the base with the joint;
- a camera assembly provided in the pivoting arm and configured to face rearward with the base secured to the vehicle;
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- wherein articulation of the joint is configured to move the pivoting arm between a deployed position and a stowed position, and the articulation of the joint moves the camera assembly across the wiper in a sliding direction as the pivoting arm moves between the deployed and stowed positions, wherein the joint includes a linkage and at least one track configured to provide rotation of the pivoting arm and movement of the pivoting arm in the sliding direction relative to the base in response to operation of the actuator.
A method of removing debris from a camera monitor system (CMS) camera assembly, comprising:
- actuating a pivoting arm that is mounted on a base secured to a vehicle;
- articulating the pivoting arm about a joint relative to the base and between a deployed position and a stowed position;
- linearly sliding the pivoting arm relative to the base in a sliding direction in response to the articulating step;
- rotating the pivoting arm relative to the base in a rotation direction subsequent to the sliding step when moving the pivoting arm from the stowed position to the deployed position, wherein the sliding direction is different than the rotation direction;
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- wiping a camera assembly on the pivoting arm across a wiper supported on the base in response to the sliding step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.