Image pickup apparatus of a surrounding area of a vehicle
AssigneeMurakami Corporation
InventorsMitsuyoshi Nagao, Hidenori Sato
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus which is equipped in a vehicle includes an infrared light emitter, an infrared camera and an infrared light sensor. The infrared light emitter irradiates an infrared light towards a surrounding area of the vehicle. The infrared camera performs an image pickup by receiving a reflected infrared light, which is emitted from the infrared light emitter and is reflected by an obstacle present in the surrounding area. The infrared light sensor detects a pulse light ranging from near-infrared region to infrared region, which is irradiated from an oncoming vehicle. The infrared camera delays performing the image pickup when the infrared light sensor detects the pulse light.
Claims7
An image pickup apparatus equipped in a vehicle, comprising:
- an infrared light emitter configured to irradiate an infrared light towards a surrounding area of said vehicle;
- an infrared camera configured to perform an image pickup by receiving a reflected infrared light, which is emitted from said infrared light emitter and is reflected by an obstacle present in said surrounding area;
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- an infrared light sensor configured to detect a pulse light ranging from near-infrared region to infrared region irradiated from an oncoming vehicle, wherein:
- said infrared camera delays performing the image pickup, when said infrared light sensor detects said pulse light.
An image pickup apparatus equipped in a vehicle, comprising:
- an infrared light emitter configured to irradiate an infrared light towards a surrounding area of said vehicle;
- an infrared camera configured to perform an image pickup by receiving a reflected infrared light, which is emitted from said infrared light emitter and is reflected by an obstacle present in said surrounding area;
- an infrared light sensor configured to detect a pulse light ranging from near-infrared region to infrared region irradiated from an oncoming vehicle;
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- a control unit configured to delay performing the image pickup by said infrared camera while said pulse light is detected by said infrared light sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.