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Patent No.:

US 7548691 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2006
Applicant:

Katsunori Tanida, Kariya, JP;

Inventor:

Katsunori Tanida, Kariya, JP;

Assignee:

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A camera module is advantageously used in a vision system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The camera module includes a first optical system focused on distant objects such as a preceding vehicle and scenery in front of a vehicle and a second optical system focused on close objects such as raindrops on a windshield. The first optical system includes a first convex lens, a mirror or a half mirror and an imager, and the second optical system includes a second convex lens and a mirror. The distant image formed by the first optical system and the close image formed by the second optical system are combined into a combined image made on the imager in a single frame. The distant and close images are taken at the same time without adjusting the focuses in the camera module.


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Tanida, Katsunori. (2009). Camera module for combining distant image and close image into single image (U.S. Patent No. 7548691). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7548691

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