Camera with 2-component element
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorAndrzej Polak
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Abstract
Device for acquiring images inside a vehicle, comprising an illuminator to illuminate a field of view, an image sensor that is arranged to acquire images from the field of view, and an optical element having a light-transparent portion and a light-blocking portion, wherein the light-transparent portion is arranged so that light of the illuminator being emitted to the field of view passes through the light-transparent portion, and wherein the light-blocking portion is arranged to block light of the illuminator being emitted in a direction towards the image sensor.
Claims18
A device for acquiring images inside a vehicle, said device comprising
- an illuminator configured to illuminate a field of view;
- an image sensor configured to acquire images from the field of view;
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- an optical element comprising a light-transparent portion and a light-blocking portion, wherein the light-transparent portion is configured so that light of the illuminator emitted to the field of view passes through the light-transparent portion, and wherein the light-blocking portion is configured to block light of the illuminator emitted in a direction towards the image sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.