Vehicle monitoring camera and vehicle monitoring camera system
US8830324B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2300/40
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A monitoring camera for a vehicle acquires images of a distant area, a vicinity area and a near area in front or rear of the vehicle. The monitoring camera can include an imaging element and an image forming lens comprising multiple lenses each having a different focal length. Each image of an object passing through a different one of the lenses is formed on a corresponding different region of an imaging surface of the imaging element.
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