JP2016215814A - Vehicle with back camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make measures for license lamps of a back camera at low costs.SOLUTION: The invention relates to a vehicle with a back camera in which a back camera 30 for viewing a vehicle rear side when a vehicle moves backward and licence lamps 40 for illuminating a licence plate are provided above the licence plate of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a decorative member 20 which is located above the licence plate and covers the back camera 30 and the licence lamps 40 from a rear side. A wall part 24z, which shields light of the licence lamps 40 so that the light of the licence lamps 40 is not radiated to a lens 32 of the back camera 30, is provided at the decorative member 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle with a back camera provided above a license plate of the vehicle with a back camera for viewing the rear of the vehicle when the vehicle moves backward and a license lamp for illuminating the license plate.

  A related technology related to a vehicle with a back camera is described in Patent Document 1. In the vehicle with a back camera, a hood that is a hook-shaped decorative member is provided at a predetermined position of the back door, and a license plate is attached below the hood. Further, as shown in the plan view of FIG. 8, a back camera 101 and a pair of left and right license lamps 102 are attached below the hood and above the license plate. The back camera 101 is attached to the right side of the door handle 107 h of the back door 107 while being housed in the housing 104. A lens cover 104 c that covers the lens portion 101 r of the back camera 101 is provided at the front end (rear end) of the housing 104. A light shielding tape (not shown) is attached around the lens cover 104c so that the lens portion 101r of the back camera 101 is not irradiated with light from the left and right license lamps 102. As a result, it is possible to prevent halation such that the light of the license lamp 102 causes the monitor screen to become white.

JP 2004-216958 A

  In the above vehicle with a back camera, the back camera 101 is housed in a dedicated housing 104. Further, the housing 104 is provided with a lens cover 104c that covers the lens portion 101r of the back camera 101, and a light shielding tape that blocks the light of the license lamp 102 is adhered around the lens cover 104c. As described above, a measure for preventing the light from the license lamp 102 from being irradiated to the lens unit 101r of the back camera 101, that is, a measure for the license lamp of the back camera 101 becomes large, resulting in an increase in cost.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the problem to be solved by the present invention is to make it possible to take a license lamp countermeasure for a back camera at a low cost.

  The above-described problems are solved by the inventions of the claims. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a vehicle with a back camera is provided above the license plate of the vehicle, wherein a back camera for viewing the rear of the vehicle when the vehicle moves backward and a license lamp for illuminating the license plate are provided. A decorative member for covering the back camera and the license lamp from above and above the license plate from above and the light of the license lamp to the lens of the back camera. A wall portion for blocking the light of the license lamp is provided so as not to be irradiated.

  According to the present invention, the light of the license lamp is prevented from irradiating the lens of the back camera by the function of the wall portion of the decorative member, and the performance of the back camera can be prevented from being deteriorated. In addition, since it is not necessary to cover the back camera with a case or the like only by providing a wall portion on the decorative member, it is possible to take a license lamp countermeasure for the back camera at a low cost.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the decorative member is formed in a bowl shape with respect to the license plate by the decorative plate portion that can be seen from the rear of the vehicle and the lower end plate portion that is folded horizontally forward with respect to the decorative plate portion. The lower end plate portion of the decorative member is formed with a camera opening through which a lens of the back camera protrudes and a lamp opening through which the light of the license lamp passes, and the camera opening A part of the lower end plate portion located between the lamp openings is a wall portion that blocks light of the license lamp with respect to the lens of the back camera. Thus, since a part of the lower end plate portion of the decorative member functions as a wall portion that blocks the light of the license lamp, the cost is not increased.

  According to invention of Claim 3, a part of lower end board part located in the periphery of the opening for lamp | ramp is equipped with the thick part and thin part arrange | positioned in the vehicle front-back direction, The light of the license lamp with respect to the lens of the back camera is blocked.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the thickness dimension of the thick part is set to a value equal to the thickness dimension of the lower end plate part, and the thickness dimension of the thin part is the thickness dimension of the lower end plate part. The back camera lens is arranged behind the thin portion. That is, even if the thick portion is provided on the periphery of the lamp opening, the appearance of the decorative member does not deteriorate.

  According to the invention of claim 5, the pair of lamp openings is formed in the lower end plate portion of the decorative member at a position sandwiching the camera opening from the vehicle width direction.

  According to the invention of claim 6, the back camera, the license lamp, and the decorative member are mounted on the luggage panel that opens and closes the trunk of the vehicle.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to take a countermeasure against a license lamp of a back camera at a low cost.

It is the perspective view which looked at the vehicle with a back camera which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention from back. It is a rear view showing the license plate and the bowl-shaped decoration member of the said vehicle. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view (III-III arrow longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 2) showing the relationship between the said license plate and the back camera covered with the decoration member from back upper direction. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view (IV-IV arrow longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 2) showing the relationship between the said license plate and the license lamp covered by the decoration member from back upper direction. It is the schematic diagram (VV arrow view of FIG. 2) which looked at the said decoration member from the downward direction. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view taken along arrow VI in FIG. 5. It is a VII-VII arrow longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. It is a plane sectional view showing the back camera of a conventional vehicle with a back camera, and a license lamp.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, a vehicle with a back camera according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle with a back camera 10 according to the present embodiment is a sedan type passenger car. Here, the front, rear, left and right and the top and bottom shown in the figure correspond to the front, back, left and right and top and bottom of a sedan type passenger car 10 (hereinafter referred to as vehicle 10).

<About the outline of the vehicle 10>
The vehicle 10 is provided with a vehicle compartment 12 behind an engine room (not shown). A vehicle compartment 12 is provided behind the vehicle compartment 12 as shown in FIG. The trunk room 13 can be opened and closed by a luggage panel 15 which is a trunk lid. The luggage panel 15 is a panel constituting the design of the vehicle 10, and is configured to be continuous with the outer panel 10p of the vehicle body, the rear bumper 10b, and the like with the trunk room 13 closed.

  On the back surface of the luggage panel 15, as shown in FIG. 1, luggage side back lamps 15r are attached to both left and right positions. The left and right luggage side back lamps 15r are designed to be continuous in design with the body side back lamp 11 provided in the vehicle body. In addition, an elongated hook-shaped decorative member 20 is attached to the back surface of the luggage panel 15 so as to connect the left and right luggage side back lamps 15r. Further, a shallow recess 15k is formed on the back surface of the luggage panel 15 at the attachment position of the decorative member 20 and below the decoration member 20. A license plate 17 is attached to the center of the recess 15 k of the luggage panel 15. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, etc., the back camera 30 and a pair of license lamps 40 are disposed on the upper portion (downward inclined surface 150) of the recessed portion 15 k of the luggage panel 15 at a position covered by the decorative member 20. Installed.

<About the back camera 30>
The back camera 30 is a camera for viewing the rear of the vehicle when the vehicle 10 moves backward, and is used as a set with a driver's seat monitor. As shown in FIG. 3 (III-III vertical sectional view in FIG. 2), the back camera 30 includes a substantially rectangular tube-shaped camera body 34 having a lens 32 at the center of the tip, and a base end portion of the camera body 34. And a flange-shaped attachment jig 37 for attaching to the luggage panel 15. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, a downwardly inclined surface 150 is formed in the upper portion of the recessed portion 15 k of the luggage panel 15, and the camera mounting through-hole 151 is formed at the center of the downwardly inclined surface 150 in the vehicle width direction. Is formed.

  The mounting jig 37 of the back camera 30 is inserted from the back side into the camera mounting through hole 151 of the luggage panel 15 and is fixed to the back side periphery of the camera mounting through hole 151. The camera body 34 of the back camera 30 is connected to the mounting jig 37 from the front side of the luggage panel 15. Thereby, the back camera 30 (camera body 34) is attached to the luggage panel 15 so as to be directed to a fixed position in the rear obliquely lower side of the vehicle 10.

<About the license lamp 40>
The license lamp 40 is a lamp for illuminating the license plate 17 of the vehicle 10, and the left and right license lamps 40 are used as a set. The license lamp 40 is a lamp having a substantially square planar shape, and is used for mounting a lamp formed on a downwardly inclined surface 150 of the luggage panel 15 as shown in FIG. 4 (IV-IV vertical sectional view in FIG. 2). It is attached to the through hole 153 obliquely downward. Here, the lamp mounting through hole 153 is formed at a predetermined position sandwiching the camera mounting through hole 151 from both sides in the vehicle width direction.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the license lamp 40 includes a rectangular box-shaped lamp housing 43 that houses a light source such as an LED and a reflector (not shown), and a lamp lens 46 that closes an opening 43 h of the lamp housing 43. It is composed of The lamp housing 43 includes a flange portion 43f at the periphery of the opening 43h, and the edge of the lamp lens 46 is aligned with the flange portion 43f. The lamp housing 43 is inserted into the lamp mounting through-hole 153 of the luggage panel 15 from the outside, and the flange portion 43f is fixed to the periphery of the lamp mounting through-hole 153 from the outside, so that the lamp housing 43 is inclined downward to the luggage panel 15 Installed in the state of.

  At the upper side position of the opening 43h of the lamp housing 43, there is provided an overhanging wall portion 43t that protrudes from the opening 43h on the extension line of the housing wall and covers the upper portion of the lamp lens 46 from below. For this reason, the lamp housing 43 is opened downward with the lamp housing 43 attached to the luggage panel 15 obliquely downward. Therefore, the license lamp 40 can illuminate the lower license plate 17.

<About the decorative member 20>
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the decorative member 20 is a member that decorates the back surface of the luggage panel 15 between the left and right luggage-side back lamps 15r, and the rear camera 30 and the left and right license lamps 40 from the rear upper side. It is attached to the luggage panel 15 in a covered state. The decorative member 20 is formed in a bowl shape with respect to the license plate 17, and as shown in FIG. 4 and the like, the decorative plate portion 22 seen from the rear of the vehicle, and folded back horizontally forward with respect to the decorative plate portion 22. The lower end plate portion 24 is formed in a substantially horizontal V-shaped cross section. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lower end plate portion 24 of the decorative member 20 has a camera notch for projecting the lens 32 of the back camera 30 (camera body 34) at a position corresponding to the back camera 30. An opening 241 is formed. In addition, in the lower end plate portion 24 of the decorative member 20, lamp rectangular openings 243 are formed at positions corresponding to the left and right license lamps 40. That is, the camera notch opening 241 corresponds to the camera opening of the present invention, and the lamp rectangular opening 243 corresponds to the lamp opening of the present invention.

  In consideration of the appearance of the luggage panel 15, the left and right license lamps 40 slightly enter (upper) the lamp square opening 243 of the decorative member 20 (lower end plate portion 24) as shown in FIG. 7. In the position. Therefore, on the lower surface of the lower end plate portion 24 of the decorative member 20, as shown in FIG. 6, the concave portions 24x are formed on the left and right sides of the lamp rectangular opening 243 in order to secure the irradiation angle in the left-right direction of the license lamp 40. , 24y are formed. That is, the recesses 24x and 24y are formed in a substantially wedge shape in cross section so that they are deepest at the position of the lamp rectangular opening 243 and gradually become shallower as they move away from the lamp rectangular opening 243 in the left direction and the right direction. .

  As shown in FIG. 6, the concave portion 24x formed on the lower surface of the lower end plate portion 24 is a wide concave portion 24x having a width dimension substantially equal to that of the rectangular lamp opening 243, and the right side of the right rectangular lamp opening 243 and the left Are formed on the left side of the lamp rectangular opening 243. That is, the wide concave portion 24 x is formed on the side opposite to the back camera 30. The concave portion 24y on the lower surface of the lower end plate portion 24 is a narrow concave portion 24y having a width dimension of about ½ of the lamp rectangular opening 243, and the left front portion of the right lamp rectangular opening 243 and the left lamp rectangular shape. It is formed at the right front part of the opening 243. That is, the narrow recess 24y is formed on the back camera 30 side. Here, the position of the narrow recess 24y is positioned so as to be on the front side with respect to the lens 32 of the back camera 30 (camera body 34).

  A thick portion 24z having the same thickness as the other portions of the lower end plate portion 24 is provided on the rear side of the narrow concave portion 24y. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the position of the thick portion 24z is positioned so as to be the same position as the lens 32 of the back camera 30 (camera body 34) in the vehicle front-rear direction. Thereby, the thick portion 24z is arranged between the license lamp 40 and the lens 32 of the back camera 30 (camera body 34). As a result, the light from the license lamp 40 is blocked by the thick portion 24z and is not directly irradiated onto the lens 32 of the back camera 30. That is, the thick portion 24z corresponds to the wall portion of the present invention, and the narrow concave portion 24y portion of the lower end plate portion 24 corresponds to the thin portion of the present invention.

<About the function of the decorative member 20>
When the left and right license lamps 40 are lit, the light from the license lamp 40 passes through the lamp rectangular opening 243 of the lower end plate portion 24 of the decorative member 20 as shown in FIG. 7, and further, the wide concave portion 24x and the narrow concave portion 24y. Are irradiated downward at a predetermined irradiation angle. As a result, the license plate 17 is illuminated by the left and right license lamps 40.

  Here, the thick portion 24z provided at the left rear portion of the right lamp square opening 243 and the right rear portion of the left lamp square opening 243 is formed by the lens 32 and the license lamp 40 of the back camera 30 (camera body 34). Arranged between. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7, the light from the license lamp 40 is blocked by the left and right thick portions 24z and is not irradiated to the lens 32 of the back camera 30 (camera body 34). As a result, it is possible to prevent halation such that the monitor screen is blurred by the light of the license lamp 40. Here, the narrow recess 24y formed in the left front part of the right lamp rectangular opening 243 and the right front part of the left lamp rectangular opening 243 is formed with respect to the lens 32 of the back camera 30 (camera body 34). Is positioned on the front side. For this reason, the light of the license lamp 40 along the narrow recess 24y is not irradiated to the lens 32 of the back camera 30.

<Advantages of the vehicle 10 with a back camera according to the present embodiment>
According to the vehicle with a back camera 10 according to the present embodiment, the lens 32 of the back camera 30 is not irradiated with the light of the license lamp 40 by the action of the thick portion 24z (wall portion) of the decorative member 20 (lower end plate portion 24). Therefore, it is possible to prevent the performance of the back camera 30 from being degraded. In addition, since it is not necessary to cover the back camera 30 with a case or the like only by providing the decorative member 20 with the thick wall portion 24z (wall portion), the license lamp countermeasure of the back camera 30 can be performed at low cost. . In addition, since a part of the lower end plate portion 24 of the decorative member 20 functions as a wall portion that blocks the light of the license lamp 40, the cost is not increased. Further, since the thickness dimension of the thick portion 24z is set to a value equal to the thickness dimension of the lower end plate portion 24, even if the thick portion 24z is provided on the peripheral edge of the lamp rectangular opening 243, the decorative member 20 is provided. The appearance does not deteriorate.

<Example of change>
Here, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, an example in which the thick portion 24z that is thicker than the narrow concave portion 24y and has the same thickness as the lower end plate portion 24 of the decorative member 20 is shown. However, it is also possible to form a protrusion or the like on the lower end plate portion 24 of the decorative member 20 to form the thick portion 24z. Further, in the present embodiment, an example in which the back camera 30 and the license lamp 40 are attached to the luggage panel 15 of the vehicle 10 and covered from behind by the decorative member 20 is shown. However, it is also possible to attach the decorative member 20 to the luggage panel 15 with the back camera 30 and the license lamp 40 attached to the decorative member 20. In the present embodiment, an example in which the back camera 30, the license lamp 40, the decorative member 20, and the like are provided on the luggage panel 15 of the vehicle 10 has been described. However, for example, the back camera 30, the license lamp 40, the decorative member 20, and the like can be provided on the back door of the vehicle.

10 .... Vehicle (vehicle with back camera)
13 .... Trunk room 15 ... Luggage panel 17 ... License plate 20 ... Decoration member 22 ... Decoration plate 24 ... Lower end plate 24z ... Thick Part (wall)
24y ... narrow recess (thin wall)
241 ... Notch opening for camera (camera opening)
243 ... Square opening for lamp (opening for lamp)
30 ... Back camera 32 ... Lens 40 ... License lamp

Claims (6)

A vehicle with a back camera provided above the license plate of the vehicle, a back camera for viewing the rear of the vehicle when the vehicle moves backward, and a license lamp for illuminating the license plate,
Above the license plate is provided with a decorative member that covers the back camera and the license lamp from the rear upper side,
A vehicle with a back camera, wherein the decorative member is provided with a wall portion that blocks the light of the license lamp so that the light of the license lamp is not irradiated to the lens of the back camera. A vehicle with a back camera according to claim 1,
The decorative member is formed in a bowl shape with respect to the license plate by a decorative plate portion that can be seen from the rear of the vehicle and a lower end plate portion that is folded horizontally forward with respect to the decorative plate portion.
The lower end plate portion of the decorative member is formed with a camera opening through which the lens of the back camera protrudes and a lamp opening through which the light of the license lamp passes,
A vehicle with a back camera, wherein a part of the lower end plate portion located between the camera opening and the lamp opening is a wall portion that blocks light of the license lamp with respect to the lens of the back camera. A vehicle with a back camera according to claim 2,
A part of the lower end plate part located at the periphery of the lamp opening includes a thick part and a thin part arranged in the vehicle front-rear direction,
The vehicle with a back camera comprised so that the light of the said license lamp with respect to the lens of the said back camera might be interrupted | blocked in the said thick part. A vehicle with a back camera according to claim 3,
The thickness dimension of the thick part is set to a value equal to the thickness dimension of the lower end plate part,
The wall thickness dimension of the thin part is set to a value smaller than the wall thickness dimension of the lower end plate part,
A vehicle with a back camera, wherein the lens of the back camera is disposed behind the thin portion. A vehicle with a back camera according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
A vehicle with a back camera, wherein a pair of lamp openings is formed at a position sandwiching the camera opening from the vehicle width direction at a lower end plate portion of the decorative member. A vehicle with a back camera according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The back camera, the license lamp, and the decorative member are vehicles with a back camera attached to a luggage panel that opens and closes a trunk of the vehicle.

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