Vehicle vicinity-monitoring apparatus
US6812463B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2300/8053
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle vicinity-monitoring apparatus 1 includes a casing 15 having vicinity-monitoring window portions 15L and 15R and a night-vision window port 15F, a single image pickup device 17 which is contained within the casing 15, and has an image pickup surface 17a which is divided into a vicinity-monitoring image pickup region 17L, 17R and a night-vision image pickup region, an optical system 19 and 21 which is contained within the casing 15.
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