Camera Fitting Structure Width-Direction Sliding Mount
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera fitting structures that attach cameras close to a vehicle's front windshield require a long fitting space in the front-rear direction, compromising the occupant's field of view and complicating the attachment and detachment process.
Innovation Solution
A camera fitting structure that includes a bracket attached to the vehicle's upper front windshield with an anchor portion, allowing the camera to be slid from the vehicle width direction first side to the second side, and a hood member with biasing members that lock the camera in place, reducing the necessary fitting space and simplifying attachment and detachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the camera is disposed close to the front windshield to secure the field of view of an occupant, then the field of view is improved, but the fitting space required in the vehicle front-rear direction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions the camera installation from a front-rear direction sliding mechanism to a vehicle width direction sliding mechanism. The camera is slid from the vehicle rear side toward the front side in conventional structures, but this invention slides the camera from a vehicle width direction first side toward a vehicle width direction second side, utilizing the width dimension instead of the front-rear dimension to resolve the space conflict.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent inverts the conventional sliding direction of camera installation. Instead of sliding the camera from front to rear or requiring front-rear space, the camera is slid from the left side to the right side (or vice versa) across the vehicle width, anchoring at the bracket positioned on the inner face of the front windshield.
2Ease of operation
If a long fitting space is secured in the vehicle front-rear direction to fit the camera, then the camera installation is simplified, but the field of view of the occupant is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by changing the dimension of installation from front-rear to vehicle width direction. The sliding operation remains simple and straightforward, but occurs laterally across the vehicle width rather than along the front-rear axis, thereby maintaining ease of operation while preserving occupant field of view.
3Ease of operation
If the camera is attached by sliding from the vehicle rear side toward the vehicle front side, then the attachment process is straightforward, but the fitting space requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the sliding direction from the conventional rear-to-front approach. The camera is now slid from the vehicle width direction first side toward the second side, with the anchored portion engaging the anchor portion of the bracket positioned on the front windshield inner face. This lateral sliding approach maintains operational simplicity while eliminating the need for extended front-rear fitting space.
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AI summary
A camera fitting structure that includes: a camera that includes an anchored portion and that detects peripheral information related to peripheral of a vehicle; and a bracket that is attached to a vehicle upper side of an inner face of a front windshield, and that includes an anchor portion to which the anchored portion is anchored by sliding the camera from a vehicle width direction first side toward a vehicle width direction second side.