Vehicle Camera Mount Housing for Calibration-Free Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera holders for vehicles are complex to manufacture and assemble, require calibration, and lack protection from external weather influences and damage.
Innovation Solution
A camera holder with a camera carrier part and a casing that can be easily attached to a vehicle body, featuring guide contours for precise positioning and releasable snap connections, along with a design that includes window openings and recesses to secure the camera lens, and a drain opening to prevent water ingress.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If camera mounts are designed with movable individual components for variable positioning, then the camera can be adjusted to different positions, but the manufacturing and assembly complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The camera mount is divided into separate functional components: a housing that attaches to the vehicle body, a camera carrier part with receiving shafts for the cameras, and a protective cover. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently with simpler processes while maintaining the overall adjustability function through the modular assembly structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera carrier part includes movable mounting elements that allow the camera to be positioned at different locations along the receiving shafts. This dynamic capability enables variable camera positioning without requiring complex adjustable mechanisms, as the camera can be freely mounted at different positions on the carrier part which itself is attached to the housing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If camera mounts allow variable position fixing, then the camera can be calibrated to different positions, but calibration becomes difficult in typical workshop settings
Solution Approach 1:
The camera carrier part is pre-designed with multiple predetermined mounting positions and receiving shafts that guide the camera into correct alignment. This preliminary preparation of mounting locations eliminates the need for complex calibration procedures during installation, as the camera can be directly mounted at the desired position without requiring adjustment or calibration equipment typically unavailable in workshop settings.
3Ease of manufacture
If simple mounting plates are used for camera attachment, then the mounting process is simplified, but protection from weather and damage is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The camera carrier part is nested within the protective housing, which in turn is attached to the vehicle body. This nested structure provides multiple levels of protection: the housing protects the camera carrier from weather elements and external damage, while the carrier itself provides a secure mounting structure. This layered approach maintains mounting simplicity while adding comprehensive protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing includes a protective cover that can be made from durable, weather-resistant materials to shield the camera and carrier part from environmental factors such as rain, dust, and UV radiation, as well as physical damage from branches or other objects. The cover maintains access to the camera while providing robust protection.
4Strength
If the housing is permanently bonded to the vehicle body, then the mounting is more secure, but adjustment and removal become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into detachable components: the housing can be removed from the vehicle body, and the camera carrier part can be separated from the housing. This segmentation allows the mounting to be securely attached during use while enabling easy removal and repositioning when needed, eliminating the need for permanent bonding.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting connection between the housing and vehicle body, as well as between the carrier and housing, is designed to be dynamically changeable - securely fixed during operation but easily detachable when adjustment or removal is required. This dynamic mounting capability provides both security and flexibility without requiring permanent installation.
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AI summary
A camera mount for attachment to the body of a motor vehicle, in particular a bus or commercial vehicle, or a trailer of the motor vehicle, has a camera support part (3, 3') that can be fixed to the vehicle body and which has at least one receiving slot (32) for receiving at least one camera body (41) of a camera (4), wherein it has a housing (2) that can be placed on top of the camera support part (3, 3'), a receiving opening (20) for receiving the camera support part (3, 3') and at least one window opening (25) provided in a housing wall area (24) in or behind which a lens (42) of the camera (4) can be positioned, wherein the camera support part (3, 3') and the housing (2) each have guide contours (26, 29A, 29B, 351, 37A, 37B) for positioning the housing (2) on the camera support part (3, 3'), wherein the The camera carrier part (3, 3') and the housing (2) are detachably lockable together.Furthermore, a motor vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, and a trailer, in particular a commercial vehicle trailer, are described.