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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Kawabata, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Ohmori, Yokosuka, JP;
Shigeru Ogino, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Arai, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaki Higashihara, Yokohama, JP;
Katsumi Azusawa, Konosu, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354 76 ; 348118 ; 359555 ;
Abstract
Camera apparatus for use with an automotive vehicle having a rear view mirror. The rear view mirror comprises a half-mirror, light reflected therefrom being visible to an occupant of the vehicle. A lens is disposed adjacent to the half-mirror and receives light passing through the half-mirror. An image pickup device is optically coupled to the lens and receives light passing therethrough to form an image signal corresponding to the received light.