JP2007131299A - Visual confirmation camera mounted vehicle equipped with electric rotary type transparent protector on roof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To three-dimensionally visually confirm the image of traffic condition or road condition in all directions around the vehicle imaged picked up by a video camera on a roof without being interfered with a specific dead angle of the vehicle, and visually confirm the image picked up on the roof by a driver sitting on the seat without losing the sense of direction. <P>SOLUTION: A second rotor 20 is mounted to a mounting base 18, a first rotator 23 is mounted to a second side wall of the second rotor 20, the inside base end of a transparent protector body 24 is mounted to the first rotor 20, and an electric rotary type transparent protector mounting one or two video camera inside the transparent protector body 24 is mounted on the roof of the automobile. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automobile provided with a video camera mechanism that rotates in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction on a roof.

  A conventional video camera mechanism includes a vehicle that is rotated by mounting a video camera on the front end of the vehicle. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)

  Conventionally, the image information captured by rotating the video camera left and right at both ends of the rear of the roof is displayed on the fixed monitor provided on the instrument panel in front of the driver's seat so that it can be easily viewed. A device has been invented to monitor the safety behind. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a hole is provided at a position slightly retracted inward from the front end or the rear end of the vehicle, and a camera mounting member disposed so as to be movable up and down by a predetermined drive mechanism with respect to the hole, and a front end of the camera mounting member When the camera is used as a video camera, the imaging means attached to the elastic mounting member can be extended from the hole to take an image of the surroundings of the vehicle. The direction in which the imaging means moves up and down is a direction inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction of the vehicle. When the imaging means is extended by the drive mechanism, the imaging means is located at a position protruding outward from the hole. There is an invention that is positioned. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

  In addition, a system that optically detects the front and traffic conditions of vehicles on the road by electronic processing and analysis of image signals from a video camera mounted at the height of the upper end of the windshield of the vehicle. There is an invention that provides a system that uses a video camera to obtain good image positional resolution. (For example, refer to Patent Document 3).

JP-A-5-310078 JP 2003-158649 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-117343

  In the conventional camera equipped with a visual camera described above, Patent Document 1 merely rotates the video camera horizontally. The video camera is moved from the vehicle side to the outside and further rotated in the vertical direction. There was a drawback that it was not possible to see far away or above from the road surface directly below. Patent Document 2 is for viewing from the bottom of the front bonnet and cannot visually recognize a vehicle or a person traveling from the left and right at the same height. Because it is difficult to see the visual information on the top, bottom, left, and right, it is difficult to see the traffic situation and road condition of the car in a dangerous situation. There was a problem that it was extremely difficult to prevent. Moreover, although the door mirror and the front fender mirror can confirm the safety on the rear side of the vehicle, there is a problem that it is not possible to confirm the safety on the road surface in front of the vehicle, on the road just under the vehicle, or in the lateral direction.

  In the present invention, the root of these problems is that there are many places that cannot be seen around the vehicle due to the structure of the automobile. Therefore, a video camera equipped with a rotating mechanism with complete safety measures is taken out of the car. It is an object of the present invention to prevent traffic accidents by turning up, down, left and right so that traffic information from the road surface to a distant place can be visually recognized without being obstructed by a blind spot unique to the vehicle body.

  The present invention solves the above-described object with an electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device and an electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protective device.

  The first problem-solving means is that a second pivot shaft is erected on a mounting base attached to the left and right on the roof, a second rotating body base is inserted into the second pivot shaft, and a second rotating body base is inserted into the second rotating body base. Attach the two rotators, rotate the second rotator horizontally with the motor around the second pivot, and then place the first pivot on the second side wall of the second rotator The first rotating body base is inserted into the first pivot shaft, the first rotating body is attached to the first rotating body base, and the first rotating body is rotated up and down by the motor around the first pivot shaft. The first rotating body is attached to the inner base end of the transparent protective device, and the transparent protective device is rotated in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. This is a vehicle equipped with a visual camera equipped with a transparent protective device for electric rotating single video camera equipped with one video camera at the front edge and the rear edge of the roof.

  The second problem solving means is that a second pivot shaft is erected on a mounting base attached to the left and right on the roof, a second rotating body base is inserted into the second pivot shaft, and a second rotating body base is inserted into the second rotating body base. Attach the two rotators, rotate the second rotator horizontally with the motor around the second pivot, and then place the first pivot on the second side wall of the second rotator The first rotating body base is inserted into the first pivot shaft, the first rotating body is attached to the first rotating body base, and the first rotating body is rotated up and down by the motor around the first pivot shaft. Attach the first rotating body to the inner base end of the transparent protective equipment, and install two video cameras inside the transparent protective equipment body so that the transparent protective equipment body can be rotated horizontally and vertically. This is a vehicle equipped with a visual camera equipped with transparent protective equipment for electric rotating multiple video cameras mounted at 180 degrees on the front and rear edges of the roof.

  Attach either one of the transparent protective equipment for the electric rotating single video camera or the transparent protective equipment for the electric rotating multiple video camera by the above means to both ends of the front and rear edges of the roof. At the distance between the installation position of the video camera mounted in the transparent protective body of the video camera and the center of the mounting base so that it can be turned up and down and left and right, It is possible to take a bird's-eye view of the traffic situation and road situation in the front / rear and left / right directions from the nearest road.

  The present invention is provided with a function that can freely rotate in the vertical direction in which the operation effect of the video camera mechanism that rotates to the left and right at the installation position on the roof that is installed in the conventional advanced automobile can not be achieved. It is possible to perform a safe driving by transmitting a captured video signal that is not adversely affected by a specific blind spot to a monitor mechanism in the passenger compartment and visually confirming traffic and road images displayed on each monitor.

  As described above, the electric rotating transparent protective device according to the present invention is such that the rotating device of the video camera provided in the conventional automobile makes the imaging direction of the video camera two-dimensionally horizontal with the installation position as the center of rotation. In contrast to rotating and imaging, the present invention provides a first pivot shaft that is erected on the side surface of the second rotating body that rotates horizontally around the second pivot shaft that is erected at the installation position. A three-dimensional image is taken by a video camera attached perpendicularly to the axis of the first pivot shaft in a transparent protective body body fitted to a first rotating body that rotates in the vertical direction at the center. Since the points are fundamentally different, traffic accidents that cannot be handled by conventional devices can be prevented.

  In addition, the video camera of the electric rotating type transparent protective device of the present invention is attached to the tip of the handle having a length from the center of the second pivot shaft to the position of the video camera mounted in the transparent protective device body. It will be like that. Since the transparent protective body body can be pivoted up and down and left and right around the first pivot, the video camera attached to the tip of the handle is vertically oriented around the tip of the handle swung left and right. It can rotate. This effect is significantly different from the conventional two-dimensional rotating video camera as indicated by the concept of the length of the handle, and as a result, the imaging angle and the captured image are inevitably different. It also has the effect of seeing places that cannot be seen in the past.

  The single video camera or the plurality of video cameras of the electric rotating transparent protective device of the present invention horizontally rotates a position separated by the length between the mounting position in the transparent protective device body and the center of the second pivot shaft, And since it can rotate in the vertical direction at any position, the safety confirmation by the electric rotating transparent protection of the present invention is very large and excellent compared to the conventional one.

  Furthermore, by solving the problem that the front traffic situation and the road surface on the side of the front car, which is a drawback of the front mirror and the front fender mirror that are standard equipment in the conventional car, can not be seen, Forward visibility and left-right visibility, which are difficult to achieve arbitrarily, can be easily solved by rotating the transparent protective body of the present invention.

  By rotating the transparent protective body body up and down, the video camera of the transparent protective body body makes it easier to visually recognize dangerous places and places far away from the road on the road, avoiding danger compared to conventional cars Is easy. In addition, the vicinity of the wheel can be easily seen, so it is possible to prevent a property damage accident or personal injury caused by dropping the wheel in the side groove, dropping the vehicle body under the cliff, or a contact accident such as a child or a motorcycle adjacent to the vehicle side. Effectively preventing it.

  A vehicle equipped with a visual camera equipped with an electrically-operated transparent protective device can be used to determine whether it is safe or unsafe at the place where it is desired to visually recognize the second and first rotating bodies by easily reciprocating in the horizontal and vertical directions. Because it can be easily confirmed, it is superior to conventional vehicles in preventing disasters and accidents.

  In addition, the present invention provides a video signal obtained by imaging a traffic situation and a road condition in all directions of a car while a driver is sitting in a driver's seat without any blind spots that obstruct the field of view with a video camera on the roof. Since the driver can view each image by transmitting it to the monitor group, the driver can instantly see the lap of the vehicle and confirm safety, so people walking or running on the street look around themselves. Therefore, it takes less time and body movement than safety confirmation, and it can prevent traffic accidents with excellent visibility and sense of direction.

  In addition, the vehicle equipped with the visual camera provided with the electric rotating type plural video camera transparent protector 35 of the present invention has a very large effect. When the imaging direction is set outward for each of the installation positions of the second video camera of the electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protector, an imaging range that intersects the left and right imaging ranges on the roof periphery is newly formed and reinforced. Therefore, there is no missing part of the imaging range due to the blind spot peculiar to the vehicle body in the visual information of the entire vehicle circumference which is the ultimate purpose of the present invention, and the video camera installation position generated by the conventional roof setting video camera is fatal It is possible to solve a dangerous problem caused by generation of a missing portion of a static and dynamic imaging range due to blind spots.

  In addition, the system effect of the present invention is that the driver can demonstrate the danger avoidance instinct faster than the case where the driver visually drives the conventional vehicle directly by the accurate monitor visual driving, thereby preventing traffic accidents than the conventional vehicle. It can make a significant contribution to the development of advanced safety vehicles that will be automated in the future and to the advancement of future preventive traffic safety technology.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a partially cut-away side view of an electric rotating single video camera transparent protector used for a vehicle equipped with a visual camera, and FIG. 2 is a part of an electric rotary single video camera transparent protector used for a vehicle equipped with a visual camera. FIG.

  The electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 has a second pivot shaft 19 erected on a mounting base 18 mounted on the left and right sides of the roof front edge portion 13 and the roof rear edge portion 14. The second rotary body 20 is attached to 19, the first pivot shaft 22 is erected on the second rotary body side plate 21 of the second rotary body 20, and the first rotary body 23 is attached to the first pivot shaft 22. A set of an electric wiper device that rotates a video camera and a crank system is attached to the transparent protective body body 24.

  Next, the transparent protector body base 25 of the transparent protector body 24 is attached to the first rotating body 23, the second rotating body 20 is rotated about the second pivot shaft 19, and the second rotating body 20 is rotated. The transparent protector body 24 attached to the rotating body side plate 21 is rotated in the horizontal direction, and the first rotating body 23 moves the transparent protector body 24 up and down around the horizontal first pivot shaft 22. However, the rotating device of the transparent protective device body 24 is the same as the rotating device of the electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device and the rotating device of the electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protective device. Since it is important as a device, it will be described in detail first.

  In FIG. 1, the second rotating body 20 drives the second motor 32 to rotate the transparent protector body 24 around the second pivot shaft 19 in the horizontal direction. The second worm wheel 30 is frictionally fixed to the second pivot shaft 19 by a clutch guide 145, a clutch plate 146, a compression spring 147, a support washer 148, a U plate 149, and the like. The upper and lower surfaces of the second worm wheel 30 are caused by friction between the lower surface of the clutch guide 145 through which the second pivot shaft 19 is inserted and the upper surface of the second rotating body boss 29. Is fixed together with the second pivot shaft 19. Therefore, the second worm 28 rotated by the second motor 32 is rubbed against the second pivot shaft 19 through which the second worm wheel 30 meshes with another worm decelerated by the second reduction gear group. Since the second worm rotates around the second worm wheel 30 because it is fixed, the second rotator 20 rotates in the horizontal direction.

  A first mounting base having a first pivot shaft 22 is installed on the second rotating body side plate 21 of the second rotating body 20. A first rotating body 23 is inserted into the first pivot shaft 22, and the same action is performed by the same mechanism as that of the second rotating body 20, and the first motor 31 is configured to be rotated in the vertical direction. The transparent protective device body 24 is covered on the first rotating body 23, and the transparent protective device body base 25 is extrapolated to the mounting base of the first rotating body 23. Although not shown, the transparent protective device body base 25 is fixed to the first rotating body 23 with a transparent protective device body mounting bolt. One video camera is attached to the inner wall of the transparent protective equipment body 24 as shown in the figure. With such a configuration, the rotating device of the transparent rotating protective tool for the electric rotating single video camera is used.

  The advantage of this electric rotating monocular transparent protective device 34 is that the transparent protective device body 24 can rotate horizontally and vertically, and the mounting position of the video camera 4 helps each other so that the driver cannot see it. If the opposite lane is congested on a one-way, one-lane road, people and bicycles suddenly cross from the front and rear of the opposite lane, It can be discovered early and inadvertent traffic accidents can be prevented.

  A vehicle equipped with a visual camera provided with an electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 at both ends of the roof front edge portion 13 and the rear edge portion 14 is perpendicular to the horizontal direction by the second rotating body 20 and the first rotating body 23. Since the direction can be reciprocally rotated 360 degrees, it is easy to confirm the safety or unsafeness of the place where you want to see with the three-dimensional rotation, so it is superior to conventional cars in preventing disasters and accidents. .

  In addition, since it is possible to accurately determine the sense of direction and visual information, it is easy to image traffic conditions and road conditions at points in each direction. The installation position of the single video camera transparent protector 34 is clarified and assigned a name so that when the monitor image is viewed, the image of the traffic situation and the road condition where the imaging position is clear can be recognized correctly.

  The video camera mechanism of the vehicle equipped with the visual camera will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7 for explaining the electric rotating type plural video camera transparent protector 34. A single video camera transparent protective device 34 and a front right end electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device 34 are installed on the right side. During traveling, the video camera transparent protective device 34 rotates at right angles to the vehicle side and enters the transparent protective device body 24. The front and rear are imaged by the attached video camera 4.

  In the drawing, the monitor mechanism of the vehicle equipped with the visual camera is provided with a long monitor body 8 installed in the upper front part of the passenger compartment. For example, when four monitors 9 are installed, the left end monitor is the rear left end electric rotation type single video camera transparent protector 34. The next monitor on the right side allows the video camera 4 of the front left end electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 to image the front left side so that the transmitted image can be seen.

  The two monitors from the center to the right take an image of the front left with the video camera 4 of the front right end electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device 34, and the right monitor is the rear right end electric rotating single video camera. The video camera 4 of the transparent protective device 34 takes an image of the rear right side so that the transmitted video is captured.

  As a monitor mechanism of a vehicle equipped with a visual camera, there are a single monitor body 140, a combined monitor body 165, a long monitor body 181, a mobile monitor body 184, etc. Can be provided to the market.

  Further, the operation of the electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device 34 is performed by providing a control switch for the first rotating body 23 and the second rotating body 20 at the center of the handle 247 convenient for the driver's operation. Since the first rotating body 23 and the second rotating body 20 of the single moving video camera transparent protective device 34 can be freely rotated to view images of the required traffic conditions and road conditions, traffic accidents can be easily performed. Can be prevented.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, two light bulbs 98 are provided in the video camera 4 of a cylindrical enclosure, one flashes when parked or turned, and the other one lights up at night or in the rain. Consideration is given to prevent accidents and rear-end collisions by making it easier for other vehicles and passers-by who are approaching from front, rear, left and right to understand the trends and existence of their vehicles. The configuration of the first rotator 23 is desirably the same as that of the second rotator 20 from the viewpoint of economy.

  When a vehicle equipped with a visual camera equipped with an electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device is not used, the front left end electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device 34 and the rear left end electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device 34 are provided. Rotate in the center on the left side of the roof, and set the front right end electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 and the rear right end electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 in the center on the right side of the roof. It is positioned and locked at the storage location.

  When the monitor 9 in the vehicle compartment is viewed in the locked position after being positioned at this storage location, the front left end electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 and the rear left end electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 are shown. Each video camera 4 can visually recognize on the monitor 9 an image obtained by imaging the left lateral direction of the car through the glass window 5. Similarly, the front right end electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 and the rear right end electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 are also connected to the right lateral direction of the car through the glass window 5. Can be visually recognized on the monitor 9.

  When the electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 is used, the front left end electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 and the front right end electric rotating single video camera transparent protector 34 are moved forward. The video camera 4 is rotated approximately 90 degrees and imaged while moving forward from the lateral side of the car, and necessary traffic conditions and road conditions ahead are imaged.

  Further, when the rear is visually recognized by the electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device 34, the rear left end electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device 34 and the rear right end electric rotating single video camera transparent protective device 34 are arranged. The transparent protector body 24 is rotated approximately 90 degrees rearward from the storage position on the roof 12, and the required left rear traffic situation and left rear road situation are imaged.

  In this way, the imaging direction of the video camera 4 installed in the rear right end electric rotation type monocular transparent protective device 34 and the rear left end electric rotation type single video camera transparent protective device 34 is moved from the right lateral direction to the rear direction. Thus, without checking the required right rear traffic situation and right rear road situation by moving the body greatly, the road situation behind the trunk lid 283 and the foot of the passerby from the ground directly near the left and right ends of the trunk lid 283 Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the accidents of accidents and personal injuries in reverse that have been probable in traffic accidents.

  In the vehicle equipped with the visual camera of the present invention, the video camera 4 in the transparent protector body 24 driven by the first rotating body 23 and the second rotating body 20 is connected to the first pivot shaft 22 and the second pivot shaft 20. It is possible to check the safety of traffic and road conditions in four directions that are rotated to the center and changed the angle.

  The glass window 5 is attached to the front part 26 of the video camera transparent protective equipment body, the video camera 4 is attached to the inside of the transparent protective equipment body 24 so as to face the glass window 5, and the transparent protective equipment body 24 adheres to the glass surface. The first electric wiper device 38 that removes rainwater and dirt is attached and consideration is given to use in cold regions, but the first electric wiper device 38 is omitted, and rainwater is removed in the form of polka dots on the glass 71 of the glass window 5. It is also possible to employ water-repellent processing, water-repellent glass that has already been subjected to water-repellent processing, or hydrophilic processing that improves visibility by using rainwater as a flat water film.

  Fig. 3 is a partially cut plan view of an electric rotating type multiple video camera transparent protective device used for a vehicle equipped with a visual camera, and Fig. 4 is an electric rotating type multiple video camera transparent protective device rotated to the vehicle side. 5 is a front view of a vehicle equipped with a visual camera, FIG. 5 is a rear view of the vehicle equipped with a visual camera that uses an electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protective device rotated to the vehicle side, and FIG. 6 is an electric rotating type. FIG. 7 is a front view of a vehicle equipped with a visual camera in which the distal ends of a plurality of video camera transparent protectors are rotated to the center of the car. FIG. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle equipped with the visual camera has a first video camera 36 and a second video camera 37 that are turned 180 degrees at the front of the electric rotating type multiple video camera transparent protective device 35, respectively. This visual camera is a vehicle in which the first electric wiper device 38 and the second electric wiper device 39 are mounted on the glass windows 5 and 5 on the side facing the lens of the first video camera 36 and the second video camera 37. The advantage of the equipped vehicle is that it can solve the drawback that the door mirror 248, which is a standard equipment of a conventional automobile, can only be viewed from the rear, and can simultaneously see the front and rear direction, as well as the road surface directly under the vehicle and the side of the car. Since traffic information in the range of 180 degrees is obtained, there is an effect that the door mirror 248 is unnecessary.

  Also, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 5, the front left end electrically rotating plural video camera transparent protector 35 on the left side of the roof front edge 13 and the front right end electrically rotating plural video camera transparent protector 35 on the right side. When the vehicle is running, it rotates at right angles to the vehicle side, images the front with a first video camera 36 mounted in the transparent protective body 24, and is installed on the left side of the roof rear edge 14 The left end electric rotation type plural video camera transparent protector 35 and the second video camera 37 of the rear right end electric rotation type plural video camera transparent protector 35 installed on the right side both take an image of the rear while traveling, The driver visually recognizes the video signal transmitted from the first video camera 36 and the second video camera 37 of each of the electrically powered multiple video camera transparent protective equipment to the monitor of the monitor body 8 at the upper front of the vehicle interior. Driving safely It can be.

  This vehicle equipped with a visual camera can visually recognize the front side and the rear side of the vehicle side at the same time, so that it is not necessary to look out from the window next to the driver's seat to see the situation before and after. When the electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protector 35 is used while being rotated to the vehicle side, the first video camera 36 of the electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protector 35 on both sides as shown in FIG. The traffic situation in front of the vehicle can be imaged, and at the same time, as shown in FIG. The video signal obtained by imaging the front side of the vehicle with the first video camera 36 and the rear side of the vehicle with the second video camera 37 was mounted on the monitor body 8 in the upper front part of the passenger compartment shown in FIGS. It is transmitted to the monitor 9 and the driver can thereby drive safely.

  In addition, as shown in Fig. 6, if an abnormal condition has occurred ahead while driving on a highway, or if there is a sign of landslide in front of a mountain road, or an accident has occurred in a distant tunnel If you want to scrutinize the situation when there is a lot of traffic at the front pedestrian crossing or at the intersection, the transparent rotating video camera 35 attached to the left and right on the roof 12 It is very convenient to use the transparent protective equipment body 24 so that the front end of the transparent protective body body 24 is rotated to the center of the roof front edge portion 13 and viewed by changing the viewpoint with the two second video cameras 37.

  In this way, the second video camera 37 of the left and right electrically powered multiple video camera transparent protective equipment 35 rotated to the center of the roof front edge portion 13 is used by adjusting the rotation angle and sharing the front viewing range. By adopting this method, not only can the visual field be widened and the images useful for safe driving can be seen, but the second video camera 37 of the left and right electric rotating multiple video cameras transparent protective equipment 35 can be used in a compound-eye system to drive forward traffic. The driver can also visually recognize a stereoscopic image of the monitor 9 in which the image is focused on the situation or road condition and the video signal is displayed through an image processing device (not shown).

  Similarly, the electric rotating multi-video camera transparent protector 35 attached to the left and right of the roof rear edge 14 on the roof 12 is also conveniently used. A vehicle equipped with a visual camera equipped with an electric rotating type multiple video camera transparent protective device 35 can easily grasp the traffic conditions and road conditions before and after the rotation position by simply adding one video camera 4. The degree of security is extremely great, and safe driving can be facilitated.

  In FIG. 3, the imaging direction of the second video camera 37 of the electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protector 35 is displayed in parallel with the imaging direction of the first video camera 36, but is not limited to this. It is not a thing. For example, if the imaging direction of the second video camera 37 is set 20 degrees outward, the second video camera 37 of the front left end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protector 35 is 20 The video signal of the imaging range can be transmitted to the monitor in the vehicle interior with the central imaging direction line of the degree, and the second video camera 37 of the rear left end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protective device 35 has a center of 20 degrees on the left front. The video signal in the imaging range can be transmitted to the monitor in the vehicle interior along the imaging direction line.

  Similarly, the second video camera 37 of the front right end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protective device 35 can transmit the video signal of the imaging range to the monitor in the vehicle interior with the central imaging direction line of 20 degrees on the right rear, Further, the second video camera 37 of the rear right end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protector 35 can transmit the video signal in the imaging range to the monitor in the vehicle interior with a central imaging direction line of 20 degrees in the right front.

  Thus, the formation of such intersecting imaging ranges in the left and right imaging ranges of the roof peripheral edge portion 17 is based on the blind spot specific to the vehicle body in the visual information of the entire vehicle circumference, which is the ultimate object of the present invention. It is possible to solve a dangerous problem due to the absence of a missing portion of the range and the generation of a missing portion of a static and dynamic imaging range due to a blind spot of a video camera installation position that is generated by a conventional roof setting video camera.

  In the drawing, the monitor mechanism of the vehicle equipped with the visual camera is provided with a long monitor body 8 installed in the upper front part of the passenger compartment. For example, if six monitors 9 are installed on the monitor body 8 for the front upper part of the vehicle interior as shown in FIGS. 16 to 19, the three monitors 9 on the left from the center are electrically operated at the rear left end. For the compound eye transparent protector 35 and the front left end electric rotating compound eye transparent protector 35, the three monitors 9 from the center to the right are the front right end electric rotating compound eye transparent protector 35 and the rear right end electric rotating type. The compound eye transparent protective device 35 is used, and the other monitor 9 displays a screen for navigation and control. Then, the video camera 4 of each electrically-rotating compound eye transparent protector 34 takes an image so as to be visible at all times and transmits a video signal so that the video camera 4 can be viewed freely.

  In addition to the monitor body 8 shown in the figure, the monitor mechanism used in the vehicle equipped with the visual camera includes a single monitor body 140, a combined monitor body 165, a long monitor body 181 and a mobile monitor body 184. A vehicle equipped with a visual camera equipped with a group of monitors can be provided to the market. In addition, the operation of the electric rotary compound eye transparent protector 35 is performed by providing a control switch for the first rotary body 23 and the second rotary body 20 at the center of the handle 247 convenient for the driver's operation. The first rotator 23 and the second rotator 20 of the compound-eye transparent protector 35 can be arbitrarily rotated freely, and an image obtained by capturing a required traffic situation or road condition can be easily visually recognized.

  The main configuration for ensuring the safe operation of the electric rotating compound eye transparent protective device 35 is to devise the use of a friction rotating method, and the mounting base 18 attached to the left and right of the roof front edge 13 and the roof rear edge 14. The second pivot shaft 19 is erected, the second rotary body 20 is attached to the second pivot shaft 19, and the first pivot shaft 22 is erected on the second rotary body side plate 21 of the second rotary body 20. The first rotating body 23 is attached to the first pivot shaft 22, the transparent protective equipment body base portion 25 of the transparent protective equipment body 24 is attached to the first rotating body 23, and the second rotating body around the second pivot shaft 19. 20 is rotated, the transparent protective equipment body 24 attached to the second rotating body side plate 21 is rotated in the horizontal direction, and the transparent protective equipment body 24 is moved by the first rotating body 23 to the horizontal first pivot shaft. It is possible to turn it up and down around 22.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the video camera 4 has two light bulbs 98 attached to the cylindrical case video camera 4, one flashing when parked or turned, and the other one at night. In addition, other vehicles and passers-by that turn on in the rain and approach from the front, rear, left and right make it easier to understand the trend and presence of the vehicle and prevent encounter accidents and rear-end collisions. The configuration of the first rotator 23 is desirably the same as that of the second rotator 20 from the viewpoint of economy.

  When a vehicle equipped with a visual camera equipped with an electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protective device is not used, the front left end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protective device 35 and the rear left end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protection The tool 35 is rotated to the storage position of the left side edge 15 of the roof, and the front right end electric rotating plural video camera transparent protector 35 and the rear right end electric rotating plural video camera transparent protector 35 are respectively roofed. The right edge portion 16 is rotated and locked at the storage position. When the monitor 9 in the vehicle interior is visually recognized in this state, each of the first video cameras 36 of the front left end electric rotation type plural video camera transparent protector 35 and the rear left end electric rotation type plural video camera transparent protector 35 has a glass window. 5 and the left lateral direction of the car can be imaged.

  Similarly, the front right end electric rotating plural video camera transparent protective device 35 and the rear right end electric rotating plural video camera transparent protective device 35 are also connected to the first video camera 36 through the glass window 5 through the glass window 5. It is possible to visually recognize the image captured on the monitor by imaging the right lateral direction.

  When driving, the front left end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protector 35 and the front right end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protector 35 are rotated approximately 90 degrees in the forward direction to capture an image of the video camera 4. Move the direction from the horizontal direction to the front direction to capture the required forward traffic situation and front road situation, and transparent the rear right end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent protector 35 and rear left end electric rotating multiple video camera transparent The protective device 35 is rotated approximately 90 degrees in the rear direction, and the imaging direction of the video camera 4 is rotated from the lateral direction to the rear direction, and the required rear traffic situation and the rear road situation are imaged. It can be visually recognized on the monitor 9.

  Note that the first electric wiper device 38 and the second electric wiper device 39 for wiping rainwater and dirt adhering to the glass surface inside the transparent protective body body 24 are installed to make it easy to use in cold regions. The first electric wiper device 38 and the first electric wiper device 39 are omitted, and the water repellent process for removing rainwater in the form of polka dots on the glass 71 of the glass window 5 or the rainwater is made into a flat water film to improve visibility. Hydrophilic processing or water-repellent glass that has already been subjected to water-repellent processing may be employed.

It is a partial cutaway side view of the electric rotation type single video camera transparent protector used for a visual camera wearing car. FIG. 2 is a partially cut plan view of FIG. 1. It is a partial cutaway top view of an electric rotation type plural video camera transparent protector used for a visual camera wearing car. It is a front view of the visual camera mounting vehicle which is rotating and using the electric rotating type multiple video camera transparent protector toward the vehicle side. FIG. 17 is a rear view of FIG. It is a front view of the visual camera mounting vehicle which rotated the front-end | tip of an electrically-driven rotation type multiple video camera transparent protective device to the center of the vehicle. It is a rear view of the visual camera mounting vehicle which rotated the electric rotating type multiple video camera transparent protector to the storing position.

Explanation of symbols

5 Glass window 8 Monitor body 9 Monitor
10 Front wind
11 Front upper part of vehicle interior
12 Roof
13 Roof front edge
14 Rear edge of roof
15 Roof left edge
16 Roof right edge
17 Roof edge
18 Mounting base
19 Second pivot
20 Second rotating body
21 Second rotor side plate
22 First pivot
23 First rotating body
24 transparent protective body
25 Transparent protective equipment body base
26 Transparent body protection body front
27 First rotating body cover
28 First Warm
29 First rotating boss
30 1st worm wheel
31 First motor
32 Second motor
33 Rolling bearings
35 Electric rotating compound eye transparent protective equipment
36 First video camera
37 Second video camera
38 First electric wiper device
39 Second electric wiper device
67 Video camera mount
70 Pivot shaft
71 glass
72 Wiper Arm
73 Output crank & output link
74 Input crank & input link
75 Gearbox
76 Wiper motor
77 Wiper worm
78 Warm wheel for wiper
80 Link rod
81 Pivot
98 light bulb
140 Single monitor body
142 Rotating body base
143 Pivot axis base
144 Reduction gear group
145 Clutch guide
146 Clutch plate
147 Compression spring
148 Support washer
149 U plate
150 Locking groove
151 Warm
165 Union Monitor Body
181 Long monitor body
184 Mobile monitor body
236 Rear window
248 Door mirror

Claims (3)

  A vehicle equipped with a visual camera, characterized in that an electrically-operated transparent protective device is provided on a roof, and a monitor is provided between the ceiling peripheral part of the vehicle interior and the center of the ceiling or in the front of the vehicle interior.   The second pivot shaft is erected on the mounting base attached to the left and right on the roof, the second rotary body base is inserted into the second pivot shaft, the second rotary body is attached to the second rotary base, The rotary body is rotated horizontally around the second pivot shaft by a motor, and then the first pivot shaft is erected on the second side wall of the second rotary body. The first rotating body base is inserted, the first rotating body is attached to the first rotating body base, the first rotating body is rotated up and down by a motor around the first pivot shaft, A rotating camera is attached to the inner base end of the transparent protective equipment, and one video camera is attached to the inside of the transparent protective equipment of the electric rotating transparent protective equipment that rotates the transparent protective equipment in the horizontal and vertical directions. The vehicle equipped with a visual camera according to claim 1.   The second pivot shaft is erected on the mounting base attached to the left and right on the roof, the second rotary body base is inserted into the second pivot shaft, the second rotary body is attached to the second rotary base, The rotary body is rotated horizontally around the second pivot shaft by a motor, and then the first pivot shaft is erected on the second side wall of the second rotary body. The first rotating body base is inserted, the first rotating body is attached to the first rotating body base, the first rotating body is rotated up and down by a motor around the first pivot shaft, A rotating body is attached to the inner base end of the transparent protective equipment, and a plurality of video cameras are attached to the inside of the transparent protective equipment of the electric rotating transparent protective equipment that allows the transparent protective equipment to rotate horizontally and vertically. A vehicle equipped with a visual camera according to claim 1.

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