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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Igor Samardzic, Tecumseh, CA;
David Lee Jarvis, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Jeffrey Mayville, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); G03B 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/561 (2013.01); G03B 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hidden camera system for a vehicle includes a cover, a camera, a pulse width drive motor, a linkage connecting the drive motor to the cover and the camera and a control system. The control system modulates output of the drive motor and electronically monitors operation of the hidden camera assembly as the camera is displaced between a hidden or home position and a fully deployed position.