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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Ayako Yamada, Fujieda, JP;
Hidenori Sato, Fujieda, JP;
Ayako Yamada, Fujieda, JP;
Hidenori Sato, Fujieda, JP;
Murakami Corporation, Shizuoka-shi, JP;
Abstract
To provide a vehicle monitor apparatus capable of acquiring more information through effective utilization of an image taking region of a camera on the occasion of taking interior and exterior images of a vehicle with the camera. A vehicle monitor apparatusis provided with a drive recorderand a reflecting mirrorThe drive recorderis provided with a cameraand the camerais arranged to take a forward image of the vehicle. In an image taking region of the camerathe reflecting mirroris located in a range where a hoodshould be imaged if the reflecting mirrorwere excluded, and the cameratakes an image of an exterior situation outside the vehicle viewed through a windshield, and an image projected by the reflecting mirror