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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Markus Klug, Ingolstadt, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/17 (2021.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 27/42 (2006.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/17 (2013.01); G02B 6/4214 (2013.01); G02B 27/4205 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01);
Abstract
A camera apparatus includes a flexible carrier medium formed as a light guide and on which an input coupling region and an output region are disposed. Light, which is incident on the input coupling region from the surroundings, can be input into the carrier medium via the input coupling region. Internal reflection allows the light to be transmitted through the carrier medium from the input coupling region to the output coupling region. At the output coupling region, the transmitted light can be output from the carrier medium and be captured by an image capture device, which is disposed adjacent to the output coupling region.