Device for an image acquisition system
AssigneeMotherson Innovations Company Limited
InventorPhilipp Hottmann
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Abstract
A device for use with a vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit includes a main body. The main body includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The main body further defines an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end, and a plurality of apertures therethrough between the first end and the second end. The first end of the main body is configured to be disposed at or near the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit. The vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit has a field of view extending through the interior cavity and through the second end to an outside environment surrounding a vehicle.
Claims20
A device for use with a vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit, the device comprising:
- a main body including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the main body further defines:
- an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end;
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- a plurality of apertures therethrough between the first end and the second end;
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- wherein the first end of the main body is configured to be disposed at or near the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit, the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit having a field of view extending through the interior cavity and through the second end to an outside environment surrounding a vehicle.
An image acquisition system for use with a vehicle, the image acquisition system comprising:
- an image acquisition unit mounted on the vehicle;
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- a device comprising a main body, the main body including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the main body further defines:
- an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end;
- and
- a plurality of apertures therethrough between the first end and the second end;
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- wherein the first end of the main body is configured to be disposed at or near the image acquisition unit, the image acquisition unit having a field of view extending through the interior cavity and through the second end to an outside environment surrounding the vehicle.
A device for use with a vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit, the device comprising:
- a main body including a first end, a second end opposite to the first end and a plurality of stepped sections disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the main body further defines:
- an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end;
- and
- a plurality of apertures therethrough between the first end and the second end;
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- wherein the first end of the main body is configured to be secured to the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit, the vehicle-mounted image acquisition unit having a field of view extending through the interior cavity and through the second end to an outside environment surrounding a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.