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US 2020/0346583 A1Published application
Electronic mirror system
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorTakenori WAMA
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Abstract
An image acquisition apparatus, a housing, and a camera unit are provided. The housing is configured such that it has a vertically symmetrical external appearance when it is mounted on a vehicle body. The camera unit is mounted as a built-in component of the housing with an orientation so as provide an output image obtained by rotating an actual image by 90 degrees.
Claims9
An image acquisition apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an external appearance that is vertically symmetrical when the image acquisition apparatus is mounted on a vehicle body;
- and
- a camera unit mounted within the housing with an orientation so as to provide an output image obtained by rotating an actual image by 90 degrees.
An electronic mirror system comprising:
- a right-side camera and a left-side camera respectively provided to a right-side face and a left-side face of a vehicle;
- a processing unit structured to process output images of the left-side camera and the right-side camera;
- and
- a display structured to output an image processed by the processing unit,
- wherein the right-side camera and the left-side camera are structured as a common component, and the right-side camera and the left-side camera respectively comprises:
- a housing having an external appearance that is vertically symmetrical when the image acquisition apparatus is mounted on a vehicle body;
- and
- a camera unit mounted within the housing with an orientation so as to provide an output image obtained by rotating an actual image by 90 degrees.
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An image acquisition apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a camera unit built into the housing,
- wherein the housing is structured to have a first side face and a second side face, and to provide the same external appearance when the first side face is mounted on a right-side face of a vehicle and when the second side face is mounted on a left-side face of the vehicle.
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An electronic mirror system comprising:
- a right-side camera and a left-side camera respectively provided to a right-side face and a left-side face of a vehicle;
- a processing unit structured to process output images of the left-side camera and the right-side camera;
- and
- a display structured to output an image processed by the processing unit,
- wherein the right-side camera and the left-side camera are structured as a common component, wherein the right-side camera and the left-side camera respectively comprises:
- a housing;
- and
- a camera unit built into the housing,
- wherein the housing is structured to have a first side face and a second side face, and to provide the same external appearance when the first side face is mounted on a right-side face of a vehicle and when the second side face is mounted on a left-side face of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.