An imaging device arranged within an instrument in an instrument cluster of a motor vehicle is disclosed herein. The instrument may include a pointer 108 with a column 118 configured to attach to the pointer. The imaging device may be arranged within the column. The pointer may comprise a needle 106 with a hub 110 and a shaft 112. The hub may receive light from a light source 120 to illuminate the pointer. An ancillary light guide 132 may redirect light rays from the light source to the hub. The pointer needle may have a cover 124 with an aperture 114’ which receives a filter mechanism 116 configured to conceal the imaging device. The imaging device may be an infrared imaging device. The imaging device may comprise a plurality of lenses 126 stacked along a coincidental optical axis X. One or more of the lenses may be displaced from the optical axis to capture light rays from a different angle of view. The pointer may rotate about the column by means of a motor shaft 138 which rotates about a rotational axis parallel to the column. Also disclosed is a motor vehicle with said imaging device.
An imaging device arranged within an instrument of an cluster
2019-04-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / G01P MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK , Messen der Linear- oder Winkelgeschwindigkeit, der Beschleunigung, der Verzögerung oder des Stoßes |
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