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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:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/100 ;
Abstract
In a rear monitoring apparatus for a vehicle, a prism (,) enlarges the lower portion of the range which can be picked up by a camera (,), and a usage means uses the lower portion. In this configuration, the image in the vicinity of one's own vehicle can be picked up without impeding the detection of the optical flows generated from another vehicle approaching from a far distance, and can be used for the purpose different from the detection of the optical flows.