WO2018212393A1

WO2018212393A1 - Vehicular side mirror device having endoscope applied thereto

Info

Publication number: WO2018212393A1
Application number: PCT/KR2017/005456
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이의석
Original assignee: 이의석
Priority date: 2017-05-19
Filing date: 2017-05-25
Publication date: 2018-11-22
Also published as: KR200484997Y1

Abstract

The present invention may comprise: a driver's seat-side endoscope camera, installed to the vehicular lateral surface on the side of a driver's seat, for capturing an image in the rearward direction of a vehicle on the vehicular driver's seat side to generate a side view image on the side of the driver's seat; a front passenger's seat-side endoscope camera, installed to the vehicular lateral surface on the side of a front passenger's seat, for capturing an image in the rearward direction of the vehicle on the vehicular front passenger's seat side to generate a side view image on the side of the front passenger's seat; a rear view endoscope camera, installed on the rear surface of the vehicle, for capturing an image behind the vehicle to generate a rearview image; and a vehicle monitor, arranged on a driver's seat dashboard, for displaying at least one of the side view image on the side of the driver's seat, the side view image on the side of the front passenger's seat, and the rearview image on a screen thereof.

Description

Vehicle side mirror device applied endoscope

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle side mirror device, and to a vehicle side mirror device using an endoscope.

In general, the vehicle is equipped with a mirror outside the left and right front doors or in front of the bonnet in front of the left and right front doors or the inside of the vehicle in order for the driver to easily identify the left and right road conditions and monitor the room mirror according to the mounting position of the mirror. It is called a side mirror. That is, the mirrors located outside the left and right front doors or in front of the bonnet front left and right adjacent to the driver's seat and the passenger seat of the vehicle body are called side mirrors. The side mirror has a structure in which the mirror is mounted on the mirror mounting housing as shown in FIG. 1.

The driver can recognize the driving direction and speed of other vehicles traveling behind the vehicle through the side mirror while keeping an eye on the front left and right, so that the driver can maintain the safety distance from the vehicle in front of and behind the vehicle. You can safely pass or change lanes without disturbing the driving of other vehicles.

Such side mirrors were originally equipped with a flat mirror that is easy to manufacture, but in order to secure a more viewing angle of the vehicle driver and increase the viewing range of the driver, a side mirror having a convex mirror is increasing. The convex mirrors have a wider field of view than the flat ones, but objects tend to be too small at high reduction magnifications, which tends to obscure the driver's judgment.

In order to solve the problems such as narrow viewing range and excessive reduction of the image caused by the use of flat and convex mirrors, an auxiliary mirror may be further mounted on the vehicle. There is a problem that does not give a full rearward sense.

The technical problem of the present invention is to provide a means for providing a safe rear view to the driver without the blind spot of the viewing angle. In addition, the technical problem of the present invention is to downsize the existing side mirror.

The present invention provides a driver's seat endoscope camera which is installed at the driver's side of the driver's seat so that the vehicle's rear view as seen from the driver's seat is photographed and generates a driver's seat side image; An auxiliary seat side endoscope camera installed at a side of the vehicle seat so that the rearward direction of the vehicle seen from the side of the vehicle seat is photographed to generate a side seat side image; A rear endoscope camera installed at the rear of the vehicle to photograph the rear of the vehicle and generating a rear image; And a vehicle monitor provided on the dashboard of the driver's seat and displaying at least one of the driver's side image, the side seat side image, and the rear image on the screen.

The endoscope applied vehicle side mirror device includes a magnification controller for receiving an enlarged magnification or reduction magnification of the driver's side image, the auxiliary side side image, and the rear image from a driver, and the vehicle monitor includes: The screen is divided into two to display the driver's side image and the driver's side image, respectively, and when the vehicle is traveling backward, the screen is divided into three to display the driver's side image, the side of the driver's side image, and the rear image, respectively. The driver's seat side image, the auxiliary seat side image, and the rear image may be enlarged or reduced according to an enlargement magnification or reduction magnification input by the driver.

The endoscope-applied vehicle side mirror device includes a pupil motion detector for detecting a pupil movement of a driver, wherein the vehicle monitor includes a downward movement of the pupil movement detected through the pupil movement detector toward the vehicle monitor after detecting a left movement. If only the driver's side image is displayed for a preset time when the motion is detected, if the pupil motion detected by the pupil motion detector is detected to move downward toward the vehicle monitor after detecting the right motion, the side side for the preset time is detected. Only side images can be displayed.

The endoscope applied vehicle side mirror device protrudes the driver's side endoscope camera and the auxiliary seat side endoscope camera from the side of the vehicle when the vehicle is started, and rotates the driver's side endoscope camera and the auxiliary seat side endoscope camera when the vehicle is turned off. And an electric motor embedded in the side of the vehicle.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, by reducing the air resistance by miniaturizing the endoscope camera serving as a side mirror, it is possible to increase fuel economy and reduce wind noise. In addition, the endoscope camera, which acts as a side mirror when parking, can be folded into the front side and into the side view to improve the ease of walking between vehicles. In addition, the effect of direct viewing can improve blind spots.

1 is a perspective view showing a conventional vehicle side mirror.

2 is a block diagram of a vehicle side mirror device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a view showing a state in which the endoscope camera mounted on the vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing the in-vehicle mounting state of the vehicle monitor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an exemplary vehicle monitor at the time of vehicle advancement in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is an illustration of a vehicle monitor at the time of vehicle reverse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention is installed on the side of the vehicle driver's seat so that the rear view of the vehicle seen from the side of the vehicle driver's seat, the driver's side endoscope camera to generate a driver's side image; An auxiliary seat side endoscope camera installed at a side of the vehicle seat so that the rearward direction of the vehicle seen from the side of the vehicle seat is photographed to generate a side seat side image; A rear endoscope camera installed at the rear of the vehicle to photograph the rear of the vehicle and generating a rear image; And a vehicle monitor provided on a dashboard of the driver's seat and displaying at least one of the driver's side image, the side seat side image, and the rear image on the screen. It is to provide a vehicle side mirror device applied to the endoscope including.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms, and is provided to fully inform the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. The invention is defined only by the scope of the claims. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that related related technologies and the like may obscure the gist of the present invention, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a block diagram of a vehicle side mirror apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a view showing a state in which the endoscope camera mounted on the vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a view of the present invention FIG. 5 is a view illustrating an in-vehicle mounting state of a vehicle monitor according to an embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a vehicle monitor when a vehicle is advanced according to an embodiment of the present invention. Is an example of a vehicle monitor.

The endoscope application vehicle side mirror device of the present invention includes an endoscope camera 100 and a vehicle monitor 300 which are located at the side or the rear of the vehicle. In addition, the multiplier 200 may further include a pupil motion detector (not shown) and an electric motor (not shown).

Endoscope camera 100, the driver's side endoscope camera 110 is installed on the side of the vehicle driver's seat so that the rear view of the vehicle seen from the side of the vehicle driver's seat is photographed to generate a driver's side image 201, and the vehicle's rear view seen from the side of the driver's seat Side view endoscope camera 120 is installed on the side of the vehicle seat so that the direction is photographed to generate the side view side image 202, and rear endoscope installed on the back of the vehicle so that the rear of the vehicle is taken to generate a rear image 203 The camera 130 is provided. The endoscope camera 100 may be formed of an imaging device such as a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS).

As is known, an endoscope is a device invented to insert a camera and observe a human organ. In other words, there is a single cylinder, which allows the naked eye to be seen with the naked eye, a lens system, a fiber scope using glass fibers, and the like.

According to the present invention, the endoscope camera 100 used in the endoscope is provided at the driver's seat side, the auxiliary seat side, and the rear of the vehicle, respectively, so that the driver can see the image photographed through the endoscope camera 100. Therefore, it is possible to replace the existing mirror-type side mirror to have a direct view effect can eliminate the blind spot of the existing side mirror.

Each of the driver's seat endoscope camera 110, the auxiliary seat side endoscope camera 120, and the rear endoscope camera 130 each displays an image signal captured by the endoscope camera 100 through a signal cable such as an optical cable (fiber). 300).

For reference, an image photographed from each of the driver's seat endoscope camera 110, the auxiliary seat side endoscope camera 120, and the rear endoscope camera 130 may be graphically processed through a separate image processing module, but not illustrated. 300). The image processing module may include a lens assembly, a filter, a photoelectric conversion module, and an analog / digital conversion module. The lens assembly includes a zoom lens, a focus lens and a compensation lens. The focal length of the lens may be moved under the control of the focus motor MF. The filter is composed of an optical low pass filter. Infra-Red cut filter may be included. Optical low pass filter (Optical Low Pass Filter) to remove the high-frequency components of the optical noise, Infra-Red cut filter (infra-red cut filter) blocks the infrared component of the incident light. The photoelectric conversion module converts light from the optical system OPS into an electrical analog signal. The analog / digital conversion module may include a correlation double sampler and analog-to-digital converter (CDS-ADC) device. The analog / digital conversion module (not shown) processes the analog signal from the photoelectric conversion module (OEC), removes the high frequency noise, adjusts the amplitude, converts the digital signal, and transmits the converted digital signal to the vehicle monitor 300.

In addition, the vehicle side mirror device applied to the endoscope protrudes the driver's side endoscope camera 110 and the auxiliary seat side endoscope camera 120 from the side of the vehicle when the vehicle is started, and the driver's side endoscope camera ( 110 and an auxiliary seat side endoscope camera 120 may include an electric motor (not shown) that is embedded in the side of the vehicle. Accordingly, when the vehicle is driven, the electric motor (not shown) controls the endoscope camera 100 to protrude from the vehicle. On the contrary, when the vehicle is parked, the control of the electric motor (not shown) returns the endoscope camera 100 to be embedded in the vehicle. Can be done. Therefore, the endoscope camera 100 which serves as a side mirror when parking is folded into the front fender and enters the inner fender so that the ease of walking between vehicles can be improved.

The vehicle monitor 300 is provided on a dashboard of the vehicle and provided at a position where the driver can read. At least one of the driver's side image 201, the side seat side image 202, and the rear image 203 is displayed on the screen.

When the vehicle is traveling forward, the driver's side image 201 and the subsidiary side side image 202 are displayed by dividing the screen into two as shown in FIG. 5. When the vehicle is traveling backward, the driver's side side image 201, the auxiliary side side image 202, and the rear side image 203 are displayed by dividing the screen into three parts as shown in FIG. 6.

Furthermore, the endoscope applied vehicle side mirror device includes a magnification adjuster 200 that receives an enlarged or reduced magnification of the driver's side image 201, the auxiliary side side image 202, and the rear image 203 from the driver. can do.

Accordingly, the vehicle monitor 300 enlarges or enlarges the driver's side side image 201, the side seat side image 202, and the rear image 203 according to the magnification or reduction magnification input by the driver through the magnification adjuster 200. We can display reduced

For example, when the driver doubles the driver's side image 201 through the magnifier 200, the driver's side image 201 may be doubled and displayed on the vehicle monitor 300. When the driver doubles the side seat side image 202 by the magnification adjuster 200, the side seat side image 202 may be doubled and displayed on the vehicle monitor 300.

On the contrary, when the driver reduces the driver side side image 201 twice through the magnification adjuster 200, the driver side side image 201 may be reduced twice and displayed on the vehicle monitor 300. When the auxiliary seat side image 202 is reduced twice by the magnification adjuster 200, the auxiliary seat side image 202 may be reduced by twice and displayed on the vehicle monitor 300.

Meanwhile, the driver reads the vehicle monitor 300 while driving to check the driver side side image 201, the auxiliary side side image 202, and the rear image 203, and the driver side side image 201 is required by the driver. ), Only one image of the side seat side image 202 and the rear image 203 needs to be displayed on the entire screen of the vehicle monitor 300. For example, when the driver wants to see the rear side of the left side, it is necessary to display the driver's side image 201 on the entire screen of the vehicle monitor 300 so that the driver can see the image larger.

To this end, the vehicle side mirror device applied to the endoscope can be implemented to include a pupil motion detector (not shown) for detecting the pupil movement of the driver. For reference, such a pupil motion detector (not shown) may recognize the pupil of the driver through a vision camera, an iris recognizer, and then detect the pupil's movement.

Accordingly, the vehicle monitor 300 may detect a pupil movement detected through the pupil motion detector (not shown) for a preset time (for example, 2 seconds) when the movement of the pupil is detected downward toward the vehicle monitor 300 after detecting the left movement. Only the driver's side image 201 is displayed.

On the other hand, when the pupil movement detected through the pupil motion detector (not shown) is detected to move downward toward the vehicle monitor 300 after detecting the right movement, only the side side image is displayed for a preset time.

Therefore, only the pupil movement of the driver may display only the image required by the driver over the entire screen of the vehicle monitor 300.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the preferred embodiments described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, but is defined by the utility model registration claims to be described below. Accordingly, one of ordinary skill in the art may variously modify and modify the present invention without departing from the technical spirit of the utility model registration claims described below.

The present invention can be applied to the field of the vehicle side mirror device using the endoscope.

Claims

A driver's side endoscope camera installed at a side of a vehicle's driver's seat such that the vehicle's rear view seen from the vehicle's driver's seat is photographed to generate a driver's side image;

An auxiliary seat side endoscope camera installed at a side of the vehicle seat so that the rearward direction of the vehicle seen from the side of the vehicle seat is photographed to generate a side seat side image;

A rear endoscope camera installed at the rear of the vehicle to photograph the rear of the vehicle and generating a rear image; And

A vehicle monitor provided on a dashboard of the driver's seat and displaying at least one of the driver's side image, the side seat side image, and the rear image on a screen;

Endoscope applied vehicle side mirror device comprising a.
The vehicle side mirror apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the endoscope application is performed.

And a magnification adjuster configured to receive an enlarged magnification or a reduced magnification of the driver's seat side image, the auxiliary seat side image, and the rear image from the driver.

The vehicle monitor divides the screen into two screens and displays the driver's side side image and the auxiliary seat side image, respectively, when the vehicle is driven forward. The vehicle monitor divides the screen into three parts when driving the vehicle backward. Endoscopic application vehicle, characterized in that to display the image, respectively, to enlarge or reduce the driver's seat side image, auxiliary seat side image, rear image according to the magnification or reduction magnification input by the driver through the magnification controller Side mirror device.
The vehicle side mirror apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the endoscope application is performed.

Includes; the pupil motion detector for detecting the pupil movement of the driver,

The vehicle monitor may display only the driver's side image for a preset time when the pupil movement detected by the pupil motion detector is detected downward toward the vehicle monitor after the left movement is detected, and is detected by the pupil motion detector. An endoscope-applied vehicle side mirror device for displaying only side-side side images for a preset time when the pupil movement is detected downward toward the vehicle monitor after detecting the right movement.
The vehicle side mirror apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the endoscope application is performed.

An electric motor for protruding the driver side endoscope camera and the auxiliary seat side endoscope camera from the side of the vehicle when the vehicle is started, and rotating the driver side endoscope camera and the auxiliary seat side endoscope camera to be embedded in the side of the vehicle when the vehicle starting is turned off;

Endoscope applied vehicle side mirror device comprising a.