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US 8,525,882 B2Granted
Vehicle-mounted camera
AssigneeRohm Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Onishi, Koji Hashimoto, Mikio Ichiura
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Abstract
A vehicle-mounted camera includes a camera module mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile, and further includes a mirror occupying at least a part of an imaging range of the camera module. The camera module may be arranged to face a forward vehicle traveling direction. The mirror may occupy a lower part of the vertical direction in the imaging range. The camera module and the mirror may both be disposed in the vehicle.
Claims24
A vehicle-mounted camera, comprising:
- an imaging device mounted on a vehicle;
- and
- a reflector occupying at least a part of an imaging range of the imaging device,
- wherein the imaging device comprises:
- an imaging element;
- an illuminator for illuminating at least a part of an imaging area that is imaged by the imaging element, wherein the illuminator is a camera module having a plurality of LED modules each including an LED chip, the LED modules having mutually different main emitting directions;
- a case for housing the imaging element, wherein the case is provided with a plurality of retention holes for retaining the plurality of LED modules, wherein each of the LED modules comprises a translucent head with the LED chip built therein, and a lead that establishes electrical continuity with the LED chip;
- each of the retention holes includes a head housing part which houses the translucent head and in which a depth direction thereof coincides with the main emitting direction of the LED module;
- and the lead housing part includes a root part which is connected to the head housing part and which extends in the main emitting direction, and a tip part that extends in a direction that is different from the direction extended from the root part.
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