Structure for attaching stereoscopic camera in vehicle

A support structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera apparatus in a vehicle having a body frame including two spaced apart side frames and a lower cross member having upwardly extending end portions, and a radiator supported at a middle part of the cross member, said support structure configured and arranged to attach a plurality of cameras of the stereoscopic camera apparatus to the body frame of the vehicle in order to stereoscopically capture images surrounding the vehicle, said support structure comprising:

• a lateral stay for coupling the plurality of cameras with each other, the lateral stay extending in a vehicle width direction across a front portion of the vehicle body frame below the side frames;
• and
• plural brackets for fixing the lateral stay and the plurality of cameras to the lower cross member having terminal ends connected to front end parts of the side frames at both sides of an engine room, wherein
• a first camera of the plurality of cameras is attached to a first end of the lower cross member below the lateral stay in the vicinity of an outside side frame on a passenger's side of the vehicle, and a second camera of the plurality of cameras is attached to a second end of the lower cross member below the lateral stay in the vicinity of an outside side frame on a driver's side of the vehicle.

In a vehicle having a frame including two opposed side frame portions, a lower cross member extending between the side frame portions, and an upper frame portion extending between the side frame portions and disposed above the cross member, and a radiator operatively attached to the upper frame portion and to the cross member, the cross member having terminal ends connected to front end parts of the side frames at both sides of an engine compartment, the cross member having the radiator operatively supported on a middle part thereof,

• the improvement comprising a support structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera assembly to the vehicle, by which a pair of cameras are attached to the frame of the vehicle in order to stereoscopically capture images in an area in front of the vehicle, said support structure comprising:
• a lateral stay for coupling the pair of cameras with each other, the lateral stay extending between upper end portions of the cross member below the side frame portions;
• and plural brackets for fixing the lateral stay and the plurality of cameras to the cross member, wherein
• a first camera of the plurality of cameras is operatively attached to a first end of the lower cross member in the vicinity of an outside side frame on a passenger's side of the vehicle, and a second camera of the plurality of cameras is operatively attached to a second end of the lower cross member in the vicinity of an outside side frame on a driver's side of the vehicle.