Vertical field of regard mechanism for driver's vision enhancer
AssigneeThales Canada Inc.
InventorsHubert Caron, Leslie Wrobel, Branislav Kovacevic
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Abstract
A driver vision enhancing system having a variable field of regard and a method of controlling the field of regard of a driver vision enhancing system. The system includes a housing, a movable sensor assembly located within the housing, a radiation detector connected to one end of the sensor assembly, and an actuator connected to the housing and able to contact the sensor assembly to move the sensor assembly in the housing and thereby move the radiation detector. The method includes moving a radiation detector as part of a driver vision enhancing system in a vertical direction within an image plane of the driver vision enhancing system.
Claims21
A vision system having a variable field of regard, comprising:
- a housing having a lens assembly;
- a movable sensor assembly located within the housing;
- a radiation detector connected to one end of the sensor assembly, wherein the radiation detector is configured to generate a signal used for generating an image;
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- an actuator connected to the housing and able to move the sensor assembly in the housing and thereby move the radiation detector in an image plane relative to the optical axis of the lens assembly.
A method for controlling the field of view of a vision system, comprising the step of:
- moving a radiation detector as part of a driver vision enhancing system in a vertical direction within an image plane of the driver vision enhancing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.