JP2014137771A - Photographing device cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographing device cover by which a photographing device can be easily changed into both of an unphotographable state and a photographable state and the unphotographable state can be surely displayed on the outside of a vehicle.SOLUTION: The photographing device cover includes a cover member covering the front of the photographing device photographing the outside of the vehicle, a cover member driving part moving the cover member to one of a first position in front of the photographing device and a second position except it, and an operation part driving the cover member driving part by the operation of a driver.

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographing device cover that is attached to a vehicle and covers a photographing device such as a drive recorder.

  A drive recorder is a photographing and recording device that stores images taken before and after an accident when a vehicle accident occurs. Some recent drive recorders have a large storage capacity and can store not only before and after an accident, but also all images taken during driving.

  Therefore, when a freight vehicle equipped with a drive recorder enters the site of a company or the like that is prohibited to shoot for confidentiality, the driver of the vehicle interrupts shooting by the drive recorder from the guard, for example, In addition, it is also required to clearly indicate to the outside of the vehicle that the drive recorder is in a state where photography is not possible. Therefore, before entering the site, the driver needs to put a bag on the drive recorder or point the photographic lens of the drive recorder toward the rear of the vehicle, for example.

  However, the drive recorder is generally mounted at a position that does not interfere with the driver's forward confirmation, such as the upper part of the passenger seat or the position behind the rearview mirror from the driver. Many.

  Particularly in the case of a large cargo vehicle, the width of the cabin is wide, and if the driver wants to put a bag on the drive recorder, the driver needs to stop the vehicle once and get up from the driver's seat. And when leaving the site and traveling on public roads, it was necessary to start shooting with the drive recorder again, which took time and effort.

JP 2013-003903 A

  The problem to be solved by the invention is that the driver can easily change the photographing device such as a drive recorder to a state where photographing is impossible or a state where photographing is possible, and the photographing device is not capable of photographing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photographing device cover that can reliably show the fact to the outside of the vehicle.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a photographing apparatus cover according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured as follows. A covering member that is attached to a vehicle and that captures a scenery outside the vehicle, covers at least the front of the photographing lens, and the covering member includes a first position in front of the photographing lens, and a portion other than the front of the photographing lens. A cover member drive unit that is moved to any one of the second positions and an operation unit that drives the cover member drive unit by an operation of a vehicle driver are provided.

  According to the present invention, the photographing device attached to the vehicle can be easily set to either a state where the driver cannot photograph or a state where photographing is possible. According to the present invention, the covering member can reliably indicate to the outside of the vehicle that the photographing device attached to the vehicle is in a state in which photographing is not possible.

1 is a front view illustrating a photographing apparatus cover according to an embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view which shows the imaging device cover. The schematic block diagram which shows the compartment of a vehicle. The perspective view which shows a vehicle. The perspective view which shows a vehicle.

  An imaging apparatus cover according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the photographing apparatus cover 10, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the photographing apparatus cover 10, and FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a compartment 36 of the vehicle 30 to which the photographing apparatus cover 10 is attached. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the vehicle 30 in a state in which the drive recorder 40 can shoot, and FIG. 5 is a vehicle in which the drive recorder 40 cannot shoot with the photographing device cover 10. FIG.

  The imaging device cover 10 includes a rail portion 12 and a cover plate 14 as a cover member as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and is attached in a compartment 36 of the vehicle 30 as shown in FIG. 3. Yes. Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 4, the traveling direction of the vehicle 30 is defined as the forward direction, and the reverse is defined as the backward direction. Also, the direction of gravity is assumed to be downward, and the reverse is assumed to be upward.

  The vehicle 30 is a large cargo vehicle having a cabin 32 at the front and a cargo box 34 behind the cabin 32. The cabin 32 has a front windshield 38 attached to the front, and a vehicle compartment 36 provided therein.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the passenger compartment 36 is provided with a driver seat 42 on the right side and a passenger seat 44 on the left side as shown in FIG. 3. The vehicle compartment 36 is provided with a ceiling 46 at the top and a right door 48 and a left door 50 on the left and right, respectively. A drive recorder 40 as a photographing device is attached to the ceiling portion 46.

  The drive recorder 40 includes a photographing lens and a recording device, and is attached in front of the passenger seat 44 with the photographing lens facing the front of the vehicle 30. The drive recorder 40 captures a scene in front of the vehicle 30 through the windshield 38 and records the captured image in a recording device as needed. The scenery outside the vehicle referred to in the claims is here the scenery in front of the vehicle 30.

  The drive recorder 40 includes an impact detection mechanism. When the drive recorder 40 detects an impact caused by a vehicle accident, the drive recorder 40 stores captured images before and after the occurrence of the impact in a recording device. Furthermore, the recording device of the drive recorder 40 has a large storage capacity and can record all the images for several days taken by the drive recorder 40. Therefore, for example, the recording device can basically record all of the image information taken by the drive recorder 40 from when the vehicle 30 leaves the sales office until it returns to the sales office. Note that the recording device may be built in the drive recorder 40 or may be provided externally. Further, the drive recorder 40 may not include the large-capacity recording device.

  A photographing device cover 10 is attached to the side of the drive recorder 40. The imaging device cover 10 includes the rail portion 12 and the cover plate 14 as described above, and further includes an operating rod 16, a locking tool 18, and a knob portion 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the rail portion 12 has a length from approximately the center of the driver seat 42 to approximately the center of the passenger seat 44, and in the width direction of the cabin 32 in front of the ceiling portion 46 in the passenger compartment 36. Are attached by screws or the like. Reference numeral 23 in FIG. 2 denotes a screw mounting hole. The rail portion 12 is a cylindrical body having a square cross section, and a notch is continuously provided on the lower surface along the longitudinal direction. The rail portion 12 is basically linear, but may be appropriately curved along the shape in the passenger compartment 36.

  The operating rod 16 is a rod-like member that is shorter than the rail portion 12 and is movably attached to the rail portion 12 by a slider 22 provided on the upper portion. The rail portion 12, the operating rod 16, and the slider 22 form a cover member driving portion referred to in the claims. At both ends of the rail portion 12, a locking tool 18 provided with magnets is provided. The locking tool 18 adsorbs the operating rod 16 with an appropriate holding force at each end of the rail portion 12 by magnetic force.

  Here, the appropriate holding force means that the operating rod 16 does not come off due to vibration or the like generated while the vehicle 30 is traveling, and the operating rod 16 comes off the locking device 18 without difficulty when the driver operates the knob portion 20. The strength of the degree. A cover plate 14 as a cover member is attached to one end of the operating rod 16. The locking tool 18 may be provided at an intermediate position between the end portions of the rail portion 12 instead of the end portion of the rail portion 12.

  The cover plate 14 is a plate-like member that does not have optical transparency, and is attached to the operating rod 16 via a connecting piece 15. The connecting piece 15 can be bent in the front-rear direction, and the distance between the cover plate 14 and the operating rod 16 can be set to a predetermined value by appropriately deforming the connecting piece 15. Further, the connecting piece 15 may be bendable in a direction along the rail portion 12.

  The cover plate 14 has a size and a shape sufficient to cover the front of the photographic lens provided in the drive recorder 40. Further, when the operating rod 16 is attracted to the left locking tool 18 shown in FIG. It is provided so as to be arranged in front of the drive recorder 40.

  Here, the state in which the cover plate 14 is in the first position in the claims means that the operating rod 16 is attracted to the left locking tool 18 in FIG. 3 and the cover plate 14 is in front of the drive recorder 40. The state in which the cover plate 14 in the claims is in the second position is the state in which the operating rod 16 is attracted to the right locking tool 18 and the cover plate 14 is driven by the drive recorder. It is the state which has remove | deviated from 40 front.

  When the cover plate 14 is arranged in front of the photographic lens, that is, at the first position, the cover plate 14 is projected onto the entire surface of the photographed image on the drive recorder 40. A state in which the cover plate 14 is projected on the entire surface of the image on the drive recorder 40 and the scenery in front of the vehicle 30 is not photographed is referred to as a state in which the drive recorder 40 cannot shoot.

  Note that the cover plate 14 does not completely cover the shooting range of the drive recorder 40, and may have a size that covers the captured image so that the captured image cannot be understood. The cover plate 14 is preferably black, but may not be black, as long as the cover plate 14 is made of a material that does not transmit light and can be easily recognized from the outside of the vehicle 30.

  The knob portion 20 corresponds to an operation portion in the scope of claims, is cylindrical, and has an appropriate size and shape that is easy for a driver to pinch. The knob portion 20 is configured so that the driver can pinch the knob portion 20 and move the operating rod 16 between the first position and the second position without standing up or moving from the driver seat 42. Attached to the other end.

  Next, functions and effects of the photographing apparatus cover 10 will be described. Normally, the operating rod 16 of the photographing device cover 10 is adsorbed to the second position of the cover plate 14, that is, the locking member 18 on the driver's seat 42 side. Therefore, the cover plate 14 is provided at a position moved from the front of the drive recorder 40 as shown in FIG. For example, the drive recorder 40 starts to operate at the same time as the vehicle 30 is started, and always captures a scene in front of the vehicle 30 when the vehicle 30 is in a traveling state.

  The scenery in front of the vehicle photographed by the drive recorder 40 through the photographing lens is stored in the recording device as needed. In the unlikely event of an accident, the drive recorder 40 senses the impact, and the recording device stores images taken before and after the accident.

  Then, it is assumed that the vehicle 30 enters a place where photographing is prohibited, such as in a company premises. In this case, the driver picks the knob 20 while sitting on the driver's seat 42 and moves the operating rod 16 to the passenger seat 44 side. Then, the operating rod 16 is attracted to the locking device 18 on the passenger seat 44 side, the cover plate 14 is moved to the first position, and the front of the photographic lens of the drive recorder 40 is covered with the cover plate 14. FIG. 5 shows a state where the cover plate 14 has moved in front of the drive recorder 40. As a result, the drive recorder 40 becomes incapable of photographing.

  Furthermore, since the cover plate 14 of the photographing apparatus cover 10 covers the photographing lens of the drive recorder 40, the guard or the like can confirm that the drive recorder 40 is incapable of photographing through the windshield 38 from the front of the vehicle 30.

  The vehicle 30 travels within the site with the cover plate 14 covering the front of the drive recorder 40. Meanwhile, only the cover plate 14 is photographed on the drive recorder 40. Since the operating rod 16 is adsorbed by the locking tool 18, the state incapable of photographing is maintained even while driving in the site.

  When the delivery work or the like by the vehicle 30 is completed and the vehicle 30 goes out of the site through the guardhouse, the driver moves the knob portion 20 toward the driver seat 42 side. As a result, the cover plate 14 of the photographing apparatus cover 10 moves to the second position and is removed from the front of the drive recorder 40, so that the drive recorder 40 can photograph the scenery in front of the vehicle 30.

  As described above, the driver can operate the knob unit 20 while sitting in the driver's seat 42 to make the drive recorder 40 uncapable of photographing or return it to a photographing state.

  Therefore, according to the photographing device cover 10, the driver can easily and reliably set the drive recorder 40 in a state where photographing is not possible, or can be set in a state where photographing is possible. Since the imaging device cover 10 has a simple structure, it can be provided at a low cost.

  Further, according to the photographing device cover 10, since the cover plate 14 covers the front of the drive recorder 40, it is possible to reliably indicate to the outside of the vehicle 30 that the drive recorder 40 is in a state in which photographing is not possible.

  In addition, the imaging device cover 10 of the present invention can be attached regardless of whether the vehicle is large or small, and regardless of whether it is for cargo or passenger. Furthermore, the photographing apparatus cover of the present invention is not limited to the above configuration. The cover plate 14 may be moved to a position other than the front of the drive recorder 40 and a position other than the front by a rotation operation around the rotation axis instead of the movement in the width direction.

  Further, instead of the sliding operation by the guide of the rail portion 12, it may be by a push-pull operation by a lever or by a wire. Further, instead of mechanical transmission, the cover plate may be moved by using an electric motor, an electromagnet, or another driving source.

  Moreover, you may attach the imaging device cover concerning this invention not only to the drive recorder 40 but to the imaging device for confirming the back and the side of a vehicle, for example. Furthermore, the photographing device cover according to the present invention may be attached to a driving assistance device, for example, a photographing device for collision prevention, lane keeping, or night vision device.

  The present invention can be used for a drive recorder mounted on a vehicle.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Camera apparatus cover, 12 ... Rail part, 14 ... Cover board, 15 ... Connection piece, 16 ... Actuation rod, 18 ... Locking tool, 20 ... Knob part, 22 ... Slider, 30 ... Vehicle, 32 ... Cabin, 34 ... Cargo box, 36 ... Car compartment, 38 ... Windshield, 40 ... Drive recorder, 42 ... Driver's seat, 44 ... Passenger seat, 46 ... Ceiling.

Claims (4)

A covering member that is attached to the vehicle and covers at least the front of the photographing lens of the photographing device that photographs the scenery outside the vehicle;
A cover member drive unit that moves the cover member to any one of a first position in front of the photographing lens and a second position other than the position in front of the photographing lens;
An imaging device cover comprising: an operation unit that drives the cover member driving unit by an operation of a driver of the vehicle.   The first position is a position where, when the covering member is arranged at the first position, almost all of the images photographed by the photographing apparatus become images of the covering member, and the second position 2. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the covering member is disposed at the second position, an image captured by the photographing apparatus does not include an image of the covering member. cover. A rail attached to the upper part of the vehicle compartment;
An operating rod movably attached to the rail portion;
A knob that is provided on one side of the operating rod and is operated by a driver of the vehicle to move the operating rod;
When it is attached to the other side of the operating rod and the operating rod is moved to one end of the rail portion by operating the knob portion, a scene outside the vehicle attached to the vehicle is photographed. Is located in front of the photographing device, obstructs photographing of the scenery by the photographing device, and operates the knob portion to move the operating rod to the other end of the rail portion, A cover plate that is disengaged from the front of the photographing device and enables photographing of the scenery by the photographing device;
An imaging device cover characterized by comprising:   The photographing apparatus cover according to claim 1, wherein the photographing apparatus is a drive recorder that stores photographed images before and after the occurrence of the accident when an accident occurs.

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