Integrated Vehicle Rear Viewing Device Housing
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
The existing vehicle rear viewing devices require a high number of assembly processes due to separate mounting of the imaging device and display device within a housing, which increases complexity and reduces efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle rear viewing device is designed with a housing that integrates the imaging device and display device, where the imaging device is positioned on the outer side and the display device on the inner side, allowing for a single module with reduced assembly processes, and is mounted at the vehicle's front side of the side door glass and lower side of the front pillar, mimicking the view of a door mirror.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the imaging device and display device are mounted separately to the inner side of the housing, then the device can be assembled with individual components, but the number of assembly processes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the imaging device and display device into a single housing structure. The imaging device is disposed at the outer side of the housing with its lens exposed through an outer side through-portion, while the display device is disposed at the inner side with its screen exposed through an inner side through-portion. This merging of previously separate components into one integrated housing reduces the number of assembly processes while maintaining manufacturing ease.
2Volume of moving object
If the housing is designed to accommodate both imaging and display devices, then the overall device becomes compact, but the assembly process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is segmented into distinct regions: an outer side portion containing the imaging device with outer side through-portion, and an inner side portion containing the display device with inner side through-portion. This segmentation allows each device to be positioned and oriented optimally within the compact housing, reducing overall device volume while simplifying the assembly process through clear spatial division.
3Manufacturing precision
If the imaging device is positioned at the outer side with lens exposed, then the imaging function is optimized, but the housing structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The housing serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support, contains both the imaging and display devices, exposes the lens through the outer side through-portion for optimal imaging, and exposes the display screen through the inner side through-portion. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby simplifying the overall housing structure while maintaining imaging precision.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle rear viewing device includes an imaging device at a side portion of a vehicle configured to capture images toward a vehicle rear side. The device may also include a display device that has a display screen that displays images captured by the imaging device and a housing disposed at a vehicle front side of a side door glass of a sliding-type door and at a vehicle lower side of a front pillar. The housing may include an outer side portion that has a door handle mounted thereto and that structures a case of the imaging device and that includes an outer side through portion that exposes a lens portion of the imaging device. The housing may also include an inner side portion that structures a case of the display device and includes an inner side through portion that exposes the display screen toward a vehicle inner side.