Camera arrangement for a motor vehicle

US10061063B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Leopold KOSTAL GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Frank Blaesing · Werl, DE
• Alf Burau · Dortmund, DE
• Andreas Pirchner · Castrop-Rauxel, DE
• Thomas Weber · Oak Creek, US
• Gregor Boehne · Castrop-Rauxel, DE
• Frank A. Hagen · Rancho Palos Verdes, US
• Claudia Weber · Monheim am Rhein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2011/0026
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A camera arrangement for a vehicle includes a camera and a prism. The camera is arranged behind a windshield of the vehicle. The prism is positioned between the windshield and the camera and is coupled to the windshield by a coupling medium. The prism has a light entry surface facing the windshield and a light exit surface facing an optical imaging component of the camera. The light entry surface and/or the light exit surface is non-flat by which the prism at least partially compensates for refraction resulting from curvature of the windshield.