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US 9,429,816 B2Granted
Camera system for a motor vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAlexander Augst
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Abstract
In the case of a camera system for a motor vehicle, incident radiation can be guided by way of one or more deflection mirrors to a camera, at least one deflection mirror being structurally coupled with a swivelable decorative part of the motor vehicle.
Claims18
A camera system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a swivelable decorative part of the motor vehicle, wherein the decorative part comprises a decorative side of an essentially flat carrier plate that swivels between at least a first stable swiveling position and a second stable swiveling position;
- a deflection mirror structurally coupled to the essentially flat carrier plate of the swivelable decorative part situated opposite the decorative side of the decorative part;
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- a camera operatively mounted on the vehicle such that when the decorative part is in the second stable swiveling position, the decorative side of the decorative part is turned to an exterior of the motor vehicle so as to physically partition the camera from the exterior of the vehicle, and when the decorative part is in the first stable swiveling position, the deflective mirror is turned to the exterior of the motor vehicle,
- wherein the camera is further operatively mounted such that incident radiation is directed via the deflection mirror to the camera when the decorative part is in the first stable swiveling position.
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A component of a camera system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a decorative part arrangeable on an exterior of the motor vehicle, the decorative part comprising a proprietary symbol arranged on a side of an essentially flat carrier plate and a deflection mirror arranged on an opposite side surface of the essentially flat carrier plate;
- wherein the decorative part is operatively configured to be swivelable when arranged on the motor vehicle between at least a first stable swiveling position and a second stable swiveling position, and
- wherein the proprietary symbol is turned to an exterior of the motor vehicle so as to physically partition the camera from the exterior of the vehicle when the decorative part is in the second stable swiveling position,
- wherein the deflection mirror is turned to the exterior of the motor vehicle when the decorative part is in the first stable swiveling position, and
- wherein the camera is operatively mounted such that incident radiation is directed via the deflection mirror to the camera when the decorative part is in the first stable swiveling position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.