Slider Window Camera Integration for Flush Glass and Rear Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional rear slider window assemblies for vehicles lack integrated camera and lighting solutions that provide a flush glass appearance while enabling rearward viewing and illumination, which are essential for safe reversing maneuvers and bed monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A rear slider window assembly with a camera integrated behind the fixed glass window panel or within a lighting module, allowing image capture and illumination through the glass or apertures, electrically connected to the vehicle's wiring harness for image processing and display, and optionally including a lighting system for brake lights and truck bed illumination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a camera is integrated into the rear slider window assembly, then rearward viewing capability and safety are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The camera is integrated into the rear slider window assembly, combining the camera function with the existing window structure. This merging approach adds rearward viewing capability while minimizing the increase in device complexity by utilizing the existing assembly as the mounting platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The rear slider window assembly serves multiple functions: it provides the traditional window opening/closing function while also housing the camera for rearward viewing. This multi-functionality approach allows the same structure to serve both aesthetic/functional purposes and safety monitoring purposes.
2Shape
If the camera is disposed behind the fixed glass window panel to provide a flush glass appearance, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The camera is nested behind the fixed glass window panel, with the camera housing positioned in the space between the glass panel and the window assembly frame. This nesting arrangement maintains the flush glass appearance from the exterior while providing space for the camera components, balancing aesthetics with manufacturability.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixed glass window panel has a localized aperture or opening that allows the camera to view through it. This local modification maintains the overall flush appearance while creating the necessary viewing path for the camera, achieving aesthetic goals without requiring complete redesign of the glass panel.
3Illumination intensity
If lighting modules are integrated with the camera, then illumination capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting modules are integrated with the camera assembly, combining illumination functionality with the camera housing. This merging reduces the need for separate lighting components and wiring, thereby improving illumination capability while minimizing the increase in device complexity through shared mounting structures and electrical connections.
Data Source
AI summary
A slider window assembly for a vehicle includes a frame portion having an upper rail and a lower rail fixedly attached to at least one fixed window panel, with the at least one fixed window panel defining an opening. A movable window panel is movable along the upper rail and the lower rail between a closed position, where the movable window panel is disposed at the opening, and an opened position, where the movable window panel is disposed at least partially along the at least one fixed window panel. A camera is mounted at an inner surface of the at least one fixed window panel and captures image data representative of the scene rearward of the slider window assembly.