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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2010
Applicant:
Gerd Buschmann, Velbert, DE;
Inventor:
Gerd Buschmann, Velbert, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2011.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device with a camera unit, and an operational procedure for the device, where the device has a lens for taking pictures of the area outside of a motor vehicle and a cover unit that can change by means of a drive from a closed position to an open position and vice versa, where the cover unit covers the lens of the camera unit in the closed position and uncovers the lens in the open position making it possible to take a picture, and where the cover unit has a lens cover that is movable on one side by means of a bearing shaft on the device.