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Title:
INSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN IMAGING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013095315
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a compact inside rear view mirror device with a built-in imaging device, configured to detect foreign objects deposited on a windshield of a vehicle and to image surroundings of the vehicle.

The inside rear view mirror device with a built-in imaging device is provided with: a stay member 301 fixed in a vehicle 100; a casing part 302 supported rotatably by the stay member 301 and covering a reflection mirror 303 while exposing a reflecting face 303a; and a casing part 304 fixed by the stay member 301 and housing an imaging device 201. The imaging device 201 has at least two light sources irradiating light toward a windshield 105 of the vehicle 100, an imaging element having a plurality of pixel arrays, an imaging lens condensing incident light from a windshield 105 to the imaging element, and an optical filter disposed between the imaging lens and the imaging element. A focal point of the imaging lens is set farther than a position of an outer wall surface 105b of the windshield 105.


Inventors:
HIRAI HIDEAKI
ITO IZUMI
Application Number:
JP2011241166A
Publication Date:
May 20, 2013
Filing Date:
November 02, 2011
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Assignee:
RICOH CO LTD
International Classes:
B60R1/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Gunichiro Ariga