Vehicle Camera Mount With Adjustable Viewing Angle Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera systems for vehicles require separate couplers for each vehicle to optimize viewing angles, leading to increased costs due to mold variations and potential changes in viewing angles due to manufacturing tolerances and external forces.
Innovation Solution
A camera device with a bracket and viewing angle adjustment mechanism that includes a support member, protruded units, and a screw-coupled system to adjust the viewing angle within a desired range, minimizing changes due to manufacturing tolerances and external forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate couplers are used for each vehicle to optimize viewing angle, then viewing angle optimization is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single standardized coupler that can be used across different vehicle types. The coupler incorporates an adjustable mechanism that allows it to adapt to various windshield angles and camera positions, eliminating the need for vehicle-specific coupler variants. This universal design reduces manufacturing complexity while maintaining viewing angle optimization through adjustment capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by incorporating an adjustable mechanism within the coupler that allows for post-installation modification of the camera's viewing angle. This dynamic adjustment capability enables a single static coupler design to achieve optimal performance across different vehicle configurations, resolving the contradiction between standardization and customization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate couplers are used for each vehicle, then viewing angle optimization is improved, but manufacturing cost increases due to mold variations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single standardized coupler that can be used across different vehicle types. The coupler incorporates an adjustable mechanism that allows it to adapt to various windshield angles and camera positions, eliminating the need for vehicle-specific coupler variants. This universal design reduces manufacturing complexity while maintaining viewing angle optimization through adjustment capabilities.
3Device complexity
If fixed camera mounting is used, then device complexity is reduced, but viewing angle changes due to manufacturing tolerance and external forces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by incorporating an adjustable mechanism within the coupler that allows for post-installation modification of the camera's viewing angle. This dynamic adjustment capability enables a single static coupler design to achieve optimal performance across different vehicle configurations, resolving the contradiction between standardization and customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies feedback by implementing an adjustable mechanism that allows for post-installation verification and correction of the camera's viewing angle. This feedback loop compensates for manufacturing tolerances and external forces by enabling manual or automated adjustment to achieve and maintain the optimal viewing angle.
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AI summary
A camera device comprises: a bracket; a camera module coupled to the bracket to be rotatable about a first axis; a viewing angle adjustment member including a side coupled to the bracket and an opposite side coupled to the camera module; and a support member coupled to the bracket, wherein the side of the viewing angle adjustment member includes a hook portion arranged between the bracket and the support member.