A vision system for a vehicle includes a windshield camera module having a camera and a circuit board, with the camera having a field of view through the windshield and forward of the vehicle. The camera is electrically connected to circuitry established at the circuit board via a flexible electrical connection, where the circuitry (i) provides power to the camera, (ii) controls the camera and (iii) receives image data from the camera. With the camera module at the windshield, at least a portion of the circuit board is further from the windshield than the lens of the camera. With the camera module at the windshield, at least a portion of the circuit board is disposed at the windshield higher up than the lens of the camera. An image processor processes captured image data and is part of a driver assistance system of the vehicle.
Vehicle vision system with windshield mounted camera
2018-09-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS / G03B APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM , Geräte oder Anordnungen zum Aufnehmen, Projizieren oder Betrachten von Fotografien / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen |