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Method for examining shooting direction of camera apparatus, device thereof and structure for installing sensor

US7248287B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 2000
Grant dateJul 24, 2007
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2013/0096
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a test method in which an image photographed by a camera apparatus 1 attached to a body of a vehicle is displayed on a display device 17 and an examiner examines compliance or non-compliance of the shooting direction of the camera apparatus 1 by comparing the position of a reference pattern and the position of a judgment pattern on the displayed photographed image, the photographed image is obtained at first by photographing with the camera apparatus 1 a test chart which is placed at a predefined position ahead of the vehicle with the reference pattern drawn on the test chart. Next, the judgment pattern is set at a specific position on the photographed image. Then, the photographed image on which the judgment pattern has been set is displayed on the display device 17.

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