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US 8,912,476 B2Granted
Automatic vehicle exterior light control system assemblies
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsJeremy A. Fogg, Gregory M. Ejsmont, Darin D. Tuttle, Joseph S. Stam
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Abstract
The present invention relates to various improvements relating to automatic vehicle equipment control systems.
Claims18
An imager assembly for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- an attachment member and one of a carrier and a baffle configured to secure an imager board, said imager board having an image sensor with an image sensor optical axis that intersects said imager board and is substantially orthogonal to said imager board, wherein said image sensor optical axis is within approximately 5 degrees and approximately −5 degrees of a desired image sensor optical axis based on an angular displacement of said imager board about an axis that is orthogonal to said desired image sensor optical axis.
An imager assembly for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- an attachment member and a carrier that secure an imager board having an image sensor, wherein said attachment member and said carrier cooperate to define a first image sensor optical axis that intersects said imager board and is substantially orthogonal to said imager board, wherein said first image sensor optical axis is within approximately 5 degrees and approximately −5 degrees of a desired image sensor optical axis based on an angular displacement of said imager board about an axis that is orthogonal to said desired image sensor optical axis;
- and at least one shim positioned at least partially between said attachment member and said carrier to define a second image sensor optical axis.
An imager assembly for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- an attachment member and a carrier configured to secure an imager board having an image sensor, wherein said attachment member and said carrier cooperate to define an image sensor optical axis of said image sensor that intersects said imager board and is substantially orthogonal to said image sensor optical axis, wherein said images sensor optical axis is within approximately 5 degrees and approximately −5 degrees of a desired image sensor optical axis based on an angular displacement of said imager board about an axis that is orthogonal to said desired image sensor optical axis;
- and a mechanical image sensor repositioning means that allows at least one of an automatic image sensor alignment and a manual image sensor alignment.
An imager assembly for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- an attachment member and a carrier configured to secure an imager board having an image sensor with an image sensor optical axis that intersects said imager board and is substantially orthogonal to said imager board, wherein said attachment member an said carrier cooperate to define said image sensor optical axis and said image sensor optical axis is within approximately 5 degrees and approximately −5 degrees of a desired image sensor optical axis based on an angular displacement of said imager board about an axis that is orthogonal to said desired image sensor optical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.