US 11,938,868 B2
Photographing device for vehicle
Jingsheng Hu, Beijing (CN); Zongtao Fan, Beijing (CN); Bolei Wang, Beijing (CN); Rui Ren, Beijing (CN); Cheng Tan, Beijing (CN); Jiali Zhang, Beijing (CN); and Yanfu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apollo Intelligent Connectivity (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed by APOLLO INTELLIGENT CONNECTIVITY (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/131,393.
Claims priority of application No. 202010479770.4 (CN), filed on May 29, 2020; and application No. 202020962160.5 (CN), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370844 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/02 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60S 1/023 (2013.01); B60S 1/522 (2013.01); B60S 1/544 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0071 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photographing device for a vehicle, comprising:
a seat;
a camera mounted on the seat;
a lens holder mounted on the seat and rotatable relative to the seat;
a transparent lens mounted on the lens holder and arranged opposite to the camera; and
a driving assembly connected with the lens holder to drive the lens holder to rotate relative to the base,
wherein the base comprises a cylindrical member and a cover plate; the cylindrical member has a chamber, a first end of the cylindrical member is opened to make a first end of the chamber open, and the cover plate is arranged at a second end of the cylindrical member to cover a second end of the chamber; the camera is mounted on the cover plate and located in the chamber; the lens holder is mounted at the first end of the cylindrical member to cover, together with the transparent lens, the first end of the chamber.