Vehicle video systems including rear mounted video cameras
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North Ame rica, Inc.
InventorCHRISTOPHER M. HIGGINS
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body that has a cabin area and a cargo area including a truck bed assembly. A tailgate assembly is pivotally connected to the truck bed assembly at a location between a pair of tailgate posts, the tailgate assembly being moveable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration. A vehicle video system includes a first rear video camera that captures a first field of view at least partially rearward of a rear bumper assembly of the vehicle body with the tailgate assembly in the raised configuration and a second rear video camera that captures a second field of view rearward of the tailgate assembly with the tailgate assembly in the lowered configuration.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body having a cabin area and a cargo area including a truck bed assembly;
- a tailgate assembly that is pivotally connected to the truck bed assembly at a location between a pair of tailgate posts, the tailgate assembly being moveable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration;
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- a vehicle video system comprising a first rear video camera that captures a first field of view at least partially rearward of a rear bumper assembly of the vehicle body with the tailgate assembly in the raised configuration and a second rear video camera that captures a second field of view rearward of the tailgate assembly with the tailgate assembly in the lowered configuration.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body having a cabin area and a cargo area including a truck bed assembly;
- a tailgate assembly that is pivotally connected to the truck bed assembly at a location between a pair of tailgate posts, the tailgate assembly being moveable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration;
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- a vehicle video system comprising a rear video camera located at one of the pair of tailgate posts, the rear video camera providing a field of view that captures an outer edge of the tailgate assembly with the tailgate assembly in the lowered configuration.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body having a cabin area and a cargo area including a truck bed assembly;
- a tailgate assembly that is pivotally connected to the truck bed assembly at a location between a pair of tailgate posts, the tailgate assembly being moveable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration;
- a vehicle video system comprising a rear video camera connected to the tailgate assembly;
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- a field of view altering device that provides a predetermined field of view for the rear video camera that is directed rearward of the tailgate assembly with the tailgate assembly in the lowered configuration and the rear video camera in the tailgate lowered position;
- wherein at least one of the rear video camera and the field of view altering device is moveable between a tailgate raised position and a tailgate lowered position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.