A camera system for a vehicle including a camera attached to a door of the vehicle to provide a rear field of view of the vehicle, the camera being articulable between an opened position and a closed position; an actuator affixed to the camera to rotate the camera; a position sensor that detects a position of the door between the opened position and the closed position; and an electrical control unit configured to operate the camera actuator based on the position detected by the position sensor such that the rear field of view is substantially directed in a horizontal direction to provide an unobstructed rear field of view when the door is articulated.
REAR VIEW CAMERA SYSTEM
2019-10-03
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 / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen |