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US 9,459,515 B2Granted
Adjustable camera mount for a vehicle windshield
AssigneeMobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
InventorGideon Stein
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Abstract
A camera mount for mounting a camera inside a windshield of a vehicle. The camera includes a lens mount and a camera housing. The front tip of the lens mount is constrained to be in close proximity to or constrained to contact the inside of the windshield for different rake angles of the windshield.
Claims12
A method for angular adjustment of a camera mountable inside a windshield of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- adjusting an angle of the camera around an axis at a front tip portion of the camera, by rotating a body of the camera while constraining, by a camera mount, the front tip portion to substantially contact an inside surface of the windshield;
- and
- upon adjusting the angle of the camera, locking angular orientation of the camera.
A camera mount for angular adjustment of a camera mountable inside a windshield of a vehicle, the camera mount comprising:
- an element configured to be mounted to an inside surface of the windshield;
- and
- an axis in configured to be attached to the element adjacent to the inside surface, the axis in being configured for mounting a front tip portion of the camera such that the tip portion is constrained by the axis in and the element to contact the inside surface during an adjustment of an angle of the camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.