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Camera system for a motor vehicle

US8077201B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Kilian Wimmer · Munich, DE
Guenter Bauer · Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE
Thomas Mangold · Hersbruck, DE
Axel Seinsche · Munich, DE
Alexander Augst · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 30, 2007
Grant date	Dec 13, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/20
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera system for a motor vehicle is described. Incident radiation is guided to a radiation receiving unit by means of one or more deflecting mirrors, where at least one deflecting mirror is configured to swivel. The swivelable deflecting mirror has a first mirror side, which is suitable for deflecting incident radiation, and a second mirror side, which is also suitable for deflecting incident radiation. The second mirror side exhibits a curvature shape that is different from that of the first mirror side. The swivelable deflecting mirror can be oriented in such a manner that incident radiation can be guided to the receiving unit by selecting one of the first or the second mirror side as an effective mirror surface.

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