# US 9,517,734 B2 · Camera for a vehicle and vehicle having the camera

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- Number: US 9,517,734 B2
- Document ID: US9517734B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/227,716
- Filed: 2014-03-27
- Published: 2014-12-11
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-27
- Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Inventors: Ulrich Seger; Nikolai Bauer; Christian Hoellt
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517734B2

## CPC

- B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
- G02B 17/086: {wherein the system is made of a single block of optical material, e.g. solid catadioptric systems}
- G02B 27/0101: {characterised by optical features (G02B27/0172 takes precedence)}
- G03B 29/00: Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects (combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03)
- B60R 2011/0026: {Windows, e.g. windscreen}
- B60R 2300/10: characterised by the type of camera system used
- G02B 2027/0138: {comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)

## Abstract

A camera for a vehicle, the camera including: an image sensor; and a camera lens system for imaging a coverage region on the image sensor; the camera lens system having at least one lens; and the camera lens system and the image sensor determining an optical axis of the camera. In this connection, The camera lens system further includes a nonplanar reflector element which deflects the optical axis of the camera.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A camera system, comprising:
a camera for positioning inside a vehicle with the aid of a camera mounting support and being provided to image a coverage region situated outside of the vehicle, through a window of the vehicle, the camera including an image sensor, a camera lens system for imaging a coverage region on the image sensor, the camera lens system having at least one lens, the camera lens system and the image sensor determining an optical axis of the camera, and wherein the camera lens system further includes a nonplanar reflector element, which deflects the optical axis of the camera;
wherein a beam waist or an inversion point being formed in the optical path between the camera and the vehicle window or in the vehicle window, wherein the optical axis of the camera is subdivided by the reflector element of the camera into a first and second partial axes situated at an angle not equal to 180°, of which the second partial axis runs through the windshield, the beam waist being formed in the second partial axis.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The camera system as recited in claim 1, wherein the window is a windshield of the vehicle.