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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Osamu Endo, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Tatara, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Osamu Endo, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Tatara, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60Q 1/46 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01); B60R 2300/40 (2013.01); B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); B60Q 1/46 (2013.01); B60Q 1/525 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monitoring camera for a vehicle acquires images of a distant area, a vicinity area and a near area in front or rear of the vehicle. The monitoring camera can include an imaging element and an image forming lens comprising multiple lenses each having a different focal length. Each image of an object passing through a different one of the lenses is formed on a corresponding different region of an imaging surface of the imaging element.