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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:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Tatsuhiko Inagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroo Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Matsushima, Kanagama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A distance measurement device having better measurement accuracy than conventional distance measurement devices. A stereo camera () has a camera stay () to be secured to a housing () of a vehicle and also has a pair of cameras () mounted on the camera stay (). The camera stay () has an installation section () located between the pair of cameras () and to be mounted on the housing of the vehicle via fixation sections (). The installation section () is movable in the direction of a base line interconnecting the cameras ().