Rear view camera for vehicle and control method therefor

A method of controlling a rear view camera for a vehicle, the method comprising:

• determining whether a vehicle is traveling in reverse or is in a rear photographing mode;
• in response to determining that the vehicle is traveling in reverse or is in the rear photographing mode, opening an opening and closing unit included in an inner housing disposed inside the vehicle;
• as the opening and closing unit opens, drawing a camera and a fluid injection unit out of the vehicle, wherein the camera and the fluid injection unit are accommodated in the inner housing;
• photographing, by the camera, a peripheral region of the vehicle;
• spraying, by the fluid injection unit, each of a washer fluid and air toward a lens surface of the camera;
• when the vehicle has ended traveling in reverse or the rear photographing mode, closing the opening and closing unit;
• and
• as the opening and closing unit closes, drawing the camera and the fluid injection unit into the vehicle.