A deployable and concealable camera apparatus is provided. The present invention includes a housing a motor, an actuator and a camera. The housing is disposed beneath an automobile fixture, such as a dashboard or vehicle instrument panel. The actuator is driven by the motor. The motor and the actuator move the camera to a deployed state and a retracted state when activated. The deployed state includes the camera extending through an aperture formed in the automobile fixture and extending substantially beyond the automobile fixture. The retracted state includes the camera disposed substantially beneath the automobile fixture.
CONCEALABLE AND DEPLOYABLE DASHBOARD CAMERA
2017-05-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / 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 |