Cantilevered Vehicle Camera Housing With Position Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera systems mounted directly on vehicles struggle to capture lateral vision areas effectively, especially in commercial vehicles, and pose a risk of collision due to their protruding design, which hinders optimal visibility and alignment.
Innovation Solution
A display device with an image recording unit housed in a protruding housing that provides optimal viewing angles and includes a detection means to alert the driver of the unit's position relative to obstacles, preventing collisions by offering indirect vision through a camera or mirror device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If the camera is mounted directly on the vehicle body, then the flow around the vehicle is not negatively influenced, but it is hardly possible to capture lateral vision areas next to the vehicle with similar viewing angles that the driver would have when looking into a conventional side mirror
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from direct mounting (0-dimensional contact) to cantilevered mounting (extending into 3D space), allowing the camera to achieve lateral vision coverage comparable to mirrors while maintaining aerodynamic benefits. The cantilevered structure extends the camera into the lateral dimension, capturing blind spots without significant protrusion from the vehicle body.
2Reliability
If protruding brackets are provided for the camera to achieve optimal visibility and alignment, then the camera can be positioned for optimal field of view, but the holder of the image recording unit may not be directly visible to the driver and there is a risk of collision with the surroundings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary detection system (sensors, cameras, or mirrors) that indirectly monitors the position of the cantilevered camera housing. This intermediary detection means provides the driver with awareness of the camera's position relative to obstacles, enabling collision prevention without requiring direct visual observation of the camera housing itself.
3Reliability
If the camera is positioned far from the vehicle to better record relevant areas, then the field of view is improved, but the holder of the image recording unit is not congruent with the usual outlines of the vehicle and is therefore not directly visible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback system where the detection means continuously monitors the position of the cantilevered camera housing and provides information to the driver. This feedback loop (detection → information provision → driver response) enables the driver to maintain awareness of the camera's extended position and adjust driving behavior accordingly, despite the camera being positioned far from the vehicle body.
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AI summary
The present application relates to a display device (10) for the vehicle environment of a vehicle (1). The disclosed display device (10) comprises at least one image acquisition unit (30) arranged on the vehicle (1) in a housing (32, 33) projecting outwards from the vehicle (1), a processing unit (20), a display unit (40) which provides and outputs vehicle environment information captured by the image acquisition unit (30) to the driver of the vehicle (1), and a detection means (50) for the position of the image acquisition unit (30), which enables the driver to recognize the position of the image acquisition unit (30) relative to the vehicle environment.