Camera Arrangement for a Motor Vehicle
AssigneeLeopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsFrank Blaesing, Alf Burau, Andreas Pirchner, Thomas Weber, Gregor Boehne, Frank Hagen, Claudia Weber
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Abstract
A camera arrangement for a vehicle includes a camera and a prism. The camera is arranged behind a windshield of the vehicle. The prism is positioned between the windshield and the camera and is coupled to the windshield by a coupling medium. The prism has a light entry surface facing the windshield and a light exit surface facing an optical imaging component of the camera. The light entry surface and/or the light exit surface is non-flat by which the prism at least partially compensates for refraction resulting from curvature of the windshield.
Claims15
A camera arrangement for a vehicle, the arrangement comprising:
- a camera arranged behind a windshield of a vehicle;
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- a prism positioned between the windshield and the camera and coupled to the windshield by a coupling medium, the prism having a light entry surface facing the windshield and a light exit surface facing an optical imaging component of the camera;
- wherein the light entry surface and/or the light exit surface is non-flat by which the prism at least partially compensates for refraction resulting from curvature of the windshield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.