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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2008
Ken Ohsumi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Jun Hayakawa, Hitachinaka, JP;
Ken Ohsumi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Jun Hayakawa, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a vehicle-mounted type of camera capable of being reduced in the space required for installation on the windshield of a vehicle. An imaging unitis provided on a substrateand has an optical axis in a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface. The substrateis set up in parallel with respect to the windshield of the vehicle. A lensis disposed on the optical axis. A mirroris also provided on the optical axis of the imaging unit, and is adapted to change a direction of the optical axis to a frontward direction of the vehicle, thus guiding frontward visual field information of the vehicle to the imaging unit. The mirroris retained in an attachment. The attachmentcan be engaged with and disengaged from an enclosurethat holds the lens