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Title:
OUTER REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH BUILT-IN CAMERA
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3854499
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an outer rear view mirror with built-in camera capable of maintaining the visibility of a vehicle near front wheels, securing the same specified imaging area as that at a neutral position even in the storage position.
SOLUTION: This outer rear view mirror with built-in camera comprises a camera module 10 installed in a mirror housing 2 installed in a vehicle W rotatably from the neutral position N1 to a rearward storage position N2 and a forward position N3 through a mirror base 6 and a camera angle changing means having a drive mechanism 20 for changing the camera angle of a camera body 12 rotatably installed in the camera module 10. The camera body 12 is rotatively controlled so as to maintain a generally specified imaging area so that a variation in imaging area relative to the rotating operation of the mirror housing 2 can be suppressed.


Inventors:
Akiyoshi Kobayashi
Yoshinori Hitomi
Yoshikawa Fujikawa
Application Number:
JP2001369148A
Publication Date:
December 06, 2006
Filing Date:
December 03, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Murakami Kaimei Co., Ltd.
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
International Classes:
B60R1/00; B60R1/06; B60R1/07; B60R1/074; B60R1/12; B60R11/04; H04N5/225; (IPC1-7): B60R1/00; B60R1/07; B60R1/12; H04N5/225
Domestic Patent References:
JP2000272418A
JP2000016181A
JP2001130324A
JP2000062531A
JP11321471A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Isono Dozo